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7 in 10 Americans Want To Send More Weapons To Ukraine, Poll Finds

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Defense One
Coauthors

Results from the 2022 Chicago Council Survey show Americans want to keep supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes, despite inflation concerns at home.

Ukrainian troops raise guns in the air
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Public Opinion

2022 Task Force Report

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Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Coauthors

The Council co-authors recommendations to advance the goals of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

A shelf of vegetables is illuminated by fluorescent lighting in a grocery store.
Nico Rueda
Food and Agriculture

The US Should Never Even Have Been in Afghanistan in August 2021

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Afghanistan was indeed a failure of US foreign policy," Paul Poast writes. "But it wasn't a failure of the Biden administration."

Marines keep security as civilians wait for processing during the evacuation of non-combatants at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

The International Security Risks of Mar-a-lago Documents

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VOA
CĂ©cile Shea

"It's not just that he walked out of the White House, he took them to Mar-a-Lago where those documents could've been accessed by almost anyone."

CĂ©cile Shea speaks with VOA over Skype. Defense and Security

Who's Winning the Sanctions War?

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Foreign Policy
Bruce Jentleson

The West has inflicted damage on the Russian economy, Bruce Jentleson writes, but Putin has so far contained those costs.

A man looks at the exchange rate at the exchange office in the center of St. Petersburg. February 28, 2022.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

William Ruto Declared Winner in Kenya Presidential Election

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BBC World News
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackleford looks at William Ruto's win in Kenya's presidential election and why it's a good sign for Kenyan democracy.

Elizabeth Shackleford speaks with BBC World News over Zoom. Global Politics

What Americans Think about China and Taiwan

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Washington Post
Coauthors

Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura argue that a majority of Americans support backing Taiwan as the U.S. has backed Ukraine, as long as U.S. troops aren’t involved.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi gestures next to Legislative Yuan Vice President Tsai Chi-chang as she leaves the parliament in Taipei, Taiwan on August 3, 2022.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Germany Is Finally Acting like Europe's Major Power

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Kathimerini
Endy Zemenides

Endy Zemenides is joined by Sebastian Mallaby to discuss how Russia's invasion of Ukraine has brought Europe together and led Germany to act as a major power.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at a summer news conference in Berlin, Germany on August 11, 2022
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Global Politics

Pelosi's Taiwan Visit Isn't a Deviation from the Status Quo

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CNBC International
Matthew Abbott

Matt Abbott joined CNBC Capital Connection to explain why Speaker Pelosi's Taiwan visit isn’t a deviation from the status quo of U.S. foreign policy.

Matt Abbott speaks on CNBC. US Foreign Policy

Blinken Stresses "True Partnership" on Tour of Africa

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VOA
Elizabeth Shackelford

"There's a little bit of FOMO if we aren't going to be there, that we're afraid of missing out on places that Russia and China are really prioritizing."

Elizabeth Shackleford speaks with VOA over Zoom. US Foreign Policy