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What South Koreans Care about Most as Yoon Suk-Yeol Enters Office

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NK News
Karl Friedhoff

“Major domestic policy shifts may not be forthcoming, likely driving Yoon to spend more time on issues he can control like trade and foreign policy,” writes Karl Friedhoff.

 South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during a news conference in front of a peach background with writing.
Reuters
Global Politics

Biden Seeks Congressional Approval of $33B Package

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WTTW Chicago Tonight
Elizabeth Shackelford

“What we’re seeing in terms of military assistance is unprecedented, and it’s likely to be essential for a drawn-out war,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on Chicago Tonight.

Screenshot of Elizabeth Shackelford with Paris Schutz and Tom Ginsburg on WTTW Chicago Tonight. Defense and Security

How Russia's War Is Starving the World

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GZERO Media
Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin tells Ian Bremmer how the West should "move beyond platitudes" and offer developing nations financial support to meet conflict-driven food crises.

Screenshot of Ian Bremmer and Ertharin Cousin. Food and Agriculture

Russia's Resource Grab in Ukraine

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

"Ukraine’s extraordinary riches in energy, minerals, and agriculture are a prize for the Kremlin," writes Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah in Foreign Policy.

A worker throws coal into the smelting furnace at a steel mill in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk
Reuters
Global Cities

Trees, Wetlands Play Key Role in Mitigating Climate Change

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WBEZ Reset
Karen Weigert

Ahead of Arbor Day, Nonresident Senior Fellow Karen Weigert discusses efforts in Chicago to create more wetlands and plant trees with WBEZ’s Reset.

View of Chicago's Field Museum from trees and wetland area.
Walter Martin
Climate and the Environment

Biden Seeks Massive Ukraine Aid Package

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

Council President Ivo Daalder joins MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell to discuss Biden’s push for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine and the US-Russia prisoner exchange.

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder on Andrea Mitchel MSNBC with blue background. US Foreign Policy

Russia Going Nuclear Would Be Signing Their Own Death Certificates

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CNN
Ivo H. Daalder

“These are momentous changes in policy that required the kind of brutality that Vladimir Putin and his forces are displaying every day to mobilize,” Ivo Daalder tells Christiane Amanpour.

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder on CNN with Amanpour. Defense and Security

Seat at the Table: Facing a Global Food Crisis

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Devex
Ertharin Cousin

"This is a nutrition crisis," Ertharin Cousin tells Devex. "Before this crisis began [in Ukraine], three billion people could not afford a diverse and nutritious diet."

Screenshot of Ertharin Cousin speaking in front of a yellow background into a microphone Food and Agriculture

US, Allies Hold Meeting to Expand Military Aid for Ukraine

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CNN International
Ivo H. Daalder

"There is an opportunity not just to reestablish sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, but weakening Russia for the long term,” says Ivo Daalder on CNNi.

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder on CNN's First Move with Julia Chatterley, in front of a red background. Defense and Security

NATO Defense Officials Meet in Germany

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NPR
Ivo H. Daalder

"If it is a proxy war, it is such because Russia invaded Ukraine," Council President Ivo Daalder asserts on NPR's Morning Edition with Leila Fadel.

Lloyd Austin, Antony Blinken, and Volodomyr Zelenskyy before US and Ukraine flags.
Reuters
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