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Nonresident Senior Fellow John Austin writes about what the US Industrial Heartland can teach us about American renewal and bridging political divides.

Council President Ivo Daalder discusses the end of the war in Afghanistan with WGN's Paul Lisnek.

Nonresident Fellow Alaina Harkness on how rivers are the "connective tissue" of cities, and how H2NOW monitors the health of Chicago's.

"There is no graceful way to flee a country at war," writes Elizabeth Shackelford. She saw this firsthand in South Sudan and notes what critics today are missing.

The Council’s Matthew Abbott writes how “extending these restrictions is a missed opportunity to remove an obstacle to principled engagement and humanitarian exchange with North Korea.”

Catch Council President Ivo Daalder on WTTW's Chicago Tonight discussing what the evacuation from Afghanistan means for US and NATO allies.

Ahead of President Biden's address on August 31, Elizabeth Shackelford joins Ben Roswell on CBC News to discuss the US’s completed withdrawal from Afghanistan.

"You cannot build good foreign policy on dishonesty. But we keep trying to because no one pays for it," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

"To prevent an uneven recovery and further economic inequality, policies that narrow the gap between communities succeeding and those struggling must move to center stage," writes Alex Hitch.

The Council's Cécile Shea joins WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" to explain why she believes Afghanistan's collapse was inevitable—and what could happen next.