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Column: Brent Scowcroft, the model national security adviser

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The Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Few people have had a greater impact on U.S. national security affairs over the last 40 years than Brent Scowcroft, who died last week at age 95.

President George H. W. Bush receives his morning briefing from national security adviser Brent Scowcroft while on vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine. Defense and Security

We Can't Afford to Sideline these Essential Workers Now

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Crain's Chicago Business
Sara McElmurry

As we look at ways to fight the virus and rebuild the region, championing the skills of immigrants is key to our recovery.

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Column: What Pompeo gets right—and wrong—about China

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The Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Instead of continuing "the old paradigm of blind engagement with China," Pompeo calls for unrelenting pressure to force Beijing to change its ways.

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An Interview with Robert Muggah

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Project Syndicate
Robert Muggah

Project Syndicate talks with Robert Muggah, a co-founder of the SecDev Group and the Igarapé Institute.

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"Ally On-Shoring" in the Age of China and Trump

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The New Diplomatist
John Austin

In this episode, Garrison host's John C. Austin for a discussion of his theory of "Ally On-Shoring", a proposed method of economic and security cooperation among democracies in the face of the rising challenges of a revisionist China abroad and a resurgent protectionist and nationalist attitude at home.

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Reuters
Global Economy

Mike Pompeo Challenges China's Governing Regime

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

The Secretary of State’s approach to Beijing risks confirming its suspicions about U.S. subversion while simultaneously alienating the very Chinese people that he aspires to "engage and empower."

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A Group Interview...in the Series, 'Shaking the Global Order'

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Global Summitry
Bruce Jentleson

Global affairs experts thought deeply on the questions of the Liberal Order and the consequences to American foreign policy in the Age of Trump.

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Aotearoa
US Foreign Policy

To Secure His Legacy, Khamenei Is Packing Iran's Government With Young Radicals

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Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

The supreme leader’s youth-washing strategy could keep detente with the United States off the table for years.

Iranian women holding national flags and pictures of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, take part a pro-government demonstration in Tehran on Nov. 25, 2019. US Foreign Policy

China Needs Diplomats, Not Wolves

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Pacific Forum
Craig Kafura

China's "Wolf Warrior" diplomacy is making headlines around the world. But while it might be hitting the right notes back home, it may not play so well with overseas audiences.

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Trump's epic fail: His gambit with Iran drives Tehran toward China

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The Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

In May 2018, President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal because it was “defective at its core.” But if Tehran were willing to negotiate a better agreement, he would be “ready, willing and able” to join them.

President Donald Trump announces the United States' intent to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal on May 8, 2018. Global Politics