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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

Why North Korea Barely Moves the Needle for South Korean Voters

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NK News
Karl Friedhoff

Karl Friedhoff joins the NK News podcast to unpack public polling on nuclear weapons, Pyongyang, and more.

 TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with a file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is seen at the Seoul Railway Station
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Public Opinion

It's Time to Bring Ukraine into NATO

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Though the Kremlin has long portrayed Ukraine's membership in NATO as a red line, there is no need to fear Russia's response to Kyiv's accession to the alliance," Paul Poast writes.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sit at a table
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP
US Foreign Policy

Chicago Must Confront its Conflicted Stance Toward Immigrants

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Chicago Tribune
Valeria G. Castelli

City leaders must promote solidarity between local communities and asylum seekers, who face many of the same challenges as long-term residents, argues Valeria Castelli.

Helping hands sculpture in Chicago in front of a rose bush and lawn.
Jonathan Connolly
Global Cities

The G7 Now Has a Plan for Countering China and Russia

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The G-7 approach has three facets: ignore Russian intimidation, economically decouple from China and court nations throughout the Global South," Paul Poast writes.

World leaders gather around a table at the G-7 summit
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US Foreign Policy

As Henry Kissinger Turns 100, His Hideous Legacy Still Haunts Our Role in the World

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"His national security choices helped destabilize and destroy parts of the world that have still not recovered, and many lives in the process," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Henry Kissinger sits at a table
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US Foreign Policy

Bratislava Bits: Global (Un)Alignment

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GLOBESEC
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder speaks with Roger Hilton about alliances, de-dollarization, sanctions, and relations with China at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum.

 Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg took part in the GLOBSEC 2023 Forum in Bratislava.
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US Foreign Policy