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The Best Medicine for a COVID-19 Economy? More Education and Training

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The Hill
John Austin

In many of the new and growing jobs, higher skill requirements can best be met by providing workers with more extensive and affordable post-secondary education opportunities.

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South Korea's Success in Containing the Coronavirus Highlights Importance of Digital Resilience

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South China Morning Post
Robert Muggah

One of the emerging lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is that countries and companies that digitised early are more likely to recover faster than those that did not

A health care worker takes test samples for the Covid-19 from a man at a temporary virus testing station near Namdaemun in Seoul on August 10. Global Health

The Inconvenient Truth about Taiwan's Place in the World

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

Beijing is not in fact looking for excuses or an opportunity to attack its neighbor, Taipei: it is looking for reasons not to do so.

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Ivo Daalder On How Republicans And Democrats Diverge On Foreign Policy

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The Big Picture with Olivier Knox
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, on The Big Picture with Olivier Knox.

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Most Americans want more global engagement

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Chicago Tribune
Coauthors

Rather than moving to cut ties with the rest of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, majorities of Americans continue to prefer active U.S. engagement and shared leadership in world affairs.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally Sept. 21, 2020, at Dayton International Airport in Ohio. Public Opinion

New Report Details Chicago's Record As A 'Welcoming City' For Immigrants

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WBEZ
Rob Paral

Chicago was ranked the most immigrant-friendly city in America, according to the 2019 New American Economy Cities Index.

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How Chicago's immigrants can help us chart a path to COVID recovery

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Crain's Chicago Business
Sara McElmurry

Working for a nonprofit that serves thousands of immigrants in Chicago each year, Sara McElmurry understands firsthand what immigrants can offer the city if offered access to opportunity.

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Opinion – It's Time to Redefine Gender Mainstreaming

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E-International Relations
Katelyn Jones

2020 is a key time to reflect on gender equality efforts and progress globally.

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Will Chicago bounce back?

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Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

While Chicagoans have been working from home or not working at all, the economy that fuels their city has changed, perhaps permanently.

Shoppers walk past a boarded-up Brooks Brothers store on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 4, 2020. Global Economy

While the West dithers, Russia stays busy

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

When it comes to Russia, the West remains mostly divided—and no one has stepped up to lead the way to collective action.

 Protesters gather near Independence Palace, residence of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk on Sept. 6 US Foreign Policy