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US "Counterterrorism Strategy" Is Failure by Another Name

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Crashing the War Party
Elizabeth Shackelford

Twenty years of US funded security assistance and counterterrorism in Africa has only increased violence, argues Elizabeth Shackelford on Crashing the War Party Podcast.

Soldiers stand near a bombed car in Mogadishu, Somalia.
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Global Politics

America's Role in Global Corruption

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"To be a credible champion of good governance and democracy, America must make fighting corruption a higher priority," writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

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US Foreign Policy

Breaking the Diplomatic Deadlock with North Korea

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War on the Rocks
Matthew Abbott

How can the Biden administration renew meaningful diplomacy with North Korea despite missile tests? Matthew Abbott makes recommendations in War on the Rocks.

Spectators watch news video footage of missile test in Korea.
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Defense and Security

Tense Talks as US, NATO Meet with Russia

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PBS Newshour
Ivo H. Daalder

“The only way to prevent that military threat from coming to fruition is for the alliance to be unified,” Council President Ivo Daalder tells PBS Newshour.

Screenshot of Council President Ivo Daalder speaking on PBS Newshour with Global Politics

Why Support Africa's Small Farmers?

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Project Syndicate
Roger Thurow

“As Africa’s farmers work to adapt to climate change, global leaders must do their part by keeping–and extending–the promises they made at COP26,” writes Roger Thurow in Project Syndicate.

Subsistence farmers work their field of maize after late rains near the capital Lilongwe, Malawi February 1, 2016.
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Food and Agriculture

US-Russia Summit Meetings: What to Expect

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Nieuwsuur
Ivo H. Daalder

“There is room for a very serious negotiation on the future of European security, the kind that Russian leaders in the past have asked for,” Ivo Daalder remarks on Nieuwsuur.

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Putin May Be Looking for 'Way out' of Ukraine Conflict, Ex-US Rep to NATO Says

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Channel 4
Ivo H. Daalder

Council President Ivo Daalder joins Channel 4 to explain what he thinks the situation in Kazakhstan tells us about President Putin and his power in the post-Soviet region.

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Yemen's Parallel War in Cyberspace

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

Persistent contact with fake news disrupts even stable societies—but in war zones, it can be lethal, Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah explains in Foreign Policy.

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Global Politics

Parklets, Traffic-Free Zones and Outdoor Eating: How COVID Is Transforming Our Cities

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The Conversation
Michele Acuto

"Both cities and citizens have often shown that they can adapt rapidly under crisis conditions," the Council's Non-resident Senior Fellow Michele Acuto writes with Dan Hill in the Conversation.

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Global Cities

Europe Strong and Safe

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Foreign Affairs
Coauthors

To deter Russia, America must help revive the region’s security architecture, Council President Ivo Daalder and James M. Goldgeier argue.

Soldiers in Ukraine
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US Foreign Policy