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How Wagner's Rebellion Impacts Support for Ukraine

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MSNBC: Inside with Jen Psaki
Ivo H. Daalder

Does Prigozhin's mutiny underscore an essential weakness for Vladimir Putin? Council President Ivo Daalder weighs in with Jen Psaki on MSNBC.

Screenshot of Jen Psaki at left wearing green and gesturing and Ivo Daalder at right in front of beige hotel room with red cushion. US Foreign Policy

Sarah Gilbert Named New Council President

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WBEZ
Sarah Gilbert

Sarah Gilbert's role is to help Council's audiences "navigate the world and shape it to be the place they want to live in," she tells WBEZ.

Council board chair John Ettelson and Council President Sarah Gilbert Global Cities

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Names New President

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Crain's Chicago Business
Coauthors

"Within a year, Gilbert has already flexed her media-savvy skills," writes Brandon Dupré of the Council's new president.

Sarah Gilbert stands with three members of the Council board including John Ettelson near blue background and two TV monitors. Global Economy

Internal Military Rift in Russia

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

"We need to be very clear that there will be truly serious consequences if [Putin] escalates this conflict," Council President Ivo Daalder tells Alicia Menendez.

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder at right speaking on MSNBC next to footage of Putin at left. US Foreign Policy

Big Tech Won't Run the World

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The influence exercised by corporations in the global economy should not be conflated with power in the international system," Paul Poast writes.

Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill
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Tech and Science

Blinken Says He Warned China about Military, Intel Activities in Cuba

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VOA
Paul Heer

China's actions in Cuba reflect its increased parity with the United States on the world stage, argues Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer.

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Recovering from the Food Crisis

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Wall Street Journal
Ertharin Cousin

"We didn’t see massive famines last year," says Ertharin Cousin. "But what we didn’t do was invest in what I call preemptive humanitarian response."

Ertharin Cousin (seated right) and Ashley Tyrner (seated left) in beige chairs in front of a wood paneled shelf wall. Food and Agriculture

Taiwan's Fate Doesn't Hang on Defeating Russia in Ukraine

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"While defeat for Ukraine would be plenty bad, it would not have grave implications outside of Europe," Paul Poast argues.

US President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Olena Zelenska at Mariinsky Palace
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Global Politics

Uganda's Anti-LGBTQ Law Should Draw Attention to a Bigger Problem for the US

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The Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“As we celebrate the LGBTQ community here at home, let’s not forget the fight to protect them elsewhere continues,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

Activists hold red placards with yellow writing during their picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill
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Inclusion and Equity

Brazil's Indigenous Territory Bill Spells Trouble for the Amazon

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Context
Robert Muggah

The controversial legislation would overrule ancestral land claims by native communities, which could increase development in the Amazon.

Brazilian Amazon
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Climate and the Environment