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Monitoring Water Quality in the Chicago River

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Chicago Tribune
Alaina Harkness

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

Boat headed east on the Chicago river with skyscrapers behind.
Reuters
Global Cities

I Know Firsthand How Ugly a Wartime Evacuation Really Is

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Politico
Elizabeth Shackelford

"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.

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U.S. Africa Command
US Foreign Policy

Climate Famine, Seeds, and a Land Survey

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Check out our round up of the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!

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Food and Agriculture

World Review: After Afghanistan Exit, What's Next?

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Stefan Kornelius, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories, from Afghanistan to the upcoming German elections.

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Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Republicans and Democrats Support Evacuating, Relocating Afghans to the United States

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

New Chicago Council-Ipsos polling finds large, bipartisan majorities in support of evacuating and relocating to the United States their Afghan allies and others in danger from the Taliban.

Evacuees from Afghanistan Arrive at Naval Station Rota
Nathan Carpenter
Public Opinion

Globalization's Double-Edged Sword

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

While our world is more connected than ever, it's also more competitive and prone to conflict. Guest Mark Leonard explains why stronger links launched the "age of unpeace."

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The Geopolitical Implications of Fractured Fiscal Authority

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Global Insight by Liza Cirolia

Liza Rose Cirolia shares geopolitical implications on African urban areas and city governments.

Pretoria, South Africa
Reuters
Global Cities

Extending the North Korea Travel Ban Is a Missed Opportunity

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Responsible Statecraft
Matthew Abbott

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.”

Children from North Korea's elite performing arts school wave to the audience in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

Majority of Americans Support Withdrawal from Afghanistan, but Criticize Its Implementation

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

While two-thirds of Americans overall continue to support the withdrawal, a majority of Republicans now oppose it, a new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Ipsos reveals.

Soldiers and civilians boarding an evacuation plane out of Afghanistan.
Reuters
Public Opinion

As US Military Leaves Kabul, Many Americans, Afghans Remain

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WTTW
Ivo H. Daalder

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

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WTTW Chicago Tonight
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