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Global Publics Believe Worst of Pandemic is Yet to Come

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Public opinion polls in North America, Europe, and Asia find publics think more must be done to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

A test tube labelled COVID-19 Positive, in front of a US dollar and a yuan.
Reuters
Global Health

Americans and Asia in 2020: Three Things to Know

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

With the US election a week away, here are three key things you need to know about the American public's views on Asia in 2020.

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert salutes as he passes the American and Japanese flags during a full honors ceremony at the Japanese Ministry of Defense
US Navy
Public Opinion

Does the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella Still Protect America's Allies?

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Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

The next president should move swiftly to reassure allies that the U.S. nuclear guarantee remains credible—or risk rapid nuclear proliferation.

Photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency showing North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-12 lifting off at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017
AFP PHOTO
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Nagorno-Karabakh, Brexit, and Taiwan

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ivo Daalder joined reporters from leading media outlets to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Brexit trade talks, and the US-China standoff on Taiwan.

 Azerbaijanis and Turks organize a demonstration of support for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, Istanbul, Turkey.
Umut Çolak
Global Health

Former NATO Ambassador Analyzes Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

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PBS
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder discussed the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh with Christiane Amanpour.

Ivars Utināns
Global Politics

Will the US Return to Global Stage or Pull Further Inward?

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

US presidential elections rarely turn on voters' views on foreign policy. Domestic issues such as the economy and health care, including the coronavirus pandemic this year, are almost always seen as more important by voters.

A woman and her granddaughter visit an early voting site at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2020
Chicago Tribune
US Foreign Policy

Trump and Biden Voters Deeply Divided on Foreign Policy

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Polling experts examine how public opinion of foreign policy matches up with the candidates on this episode of Deep Dish.

An image of President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden on the debate stage.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Debate Analyst Todd Graham on Presidential Debates

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Wait Just a Minute

Todd Graham, CNN debate analyst and "America’s Debate Coach," takes a minute to explain what voters expect to learn from presidential debates and why it's helpful for the candidates to debate more than once.

Democrats and Republicans Miles Apart on Threat of Climate Change

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Running Numbers by Charlie Rahr

The 54-percentage-point gap between Democrat and Republican views on climate change is the largest in the 2020 Chicago Council Survey.

Smoke stacks at a factory release smoke into a gray sky.
Patrick Hendry
Public Opinion

Republicans and Democrats Divide on Key Debate Issues

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

2020 Chicago Council Survey findings illuminate partisan divides in views on COVID-19, race, climate change, and national security.

Black Lives Matter protests in June, 2020.
James Eades
Global Health