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Another War on Drugs Won't Solve the Fentanyl Crisis

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Responsible Statecraft
Emma Sanderson

Washington should ditch the military rhetoric and refocus efforts on work with China and Mexico, Emma Sanderson argues.

Police and military patrol Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico
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US Foreign Policy

US Fears of a Nuclear-Armed Saudi Arabia Are Overblown

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"If Saudi Arabia is being asked to accept Israel as a peer, then it should be treated as a peer as well," Paul Poast writes.

Joe Biden and Mohammed bin Salman
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Defense and Security

Unpacking the Global Response to the Niger Coup

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Al Jazeera
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford weighs in on how the military takeover could affect security relationships with the United States and others.

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Israeli Democracy, Russia-Africa Summit, and Spanish Elections

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Elise Labott, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Global Politics

Israel's Constitutional Crisis Is Not Having Such an Important Document

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"At its core, Israel’s failure to adopt a constitution was the state’s original sin," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system
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Unpacking the CFR Taiwan Taskforce Report

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Sinica Podcast
Paul Heer

Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer weighs in on what the Council on Foreign Relations report got right—and what it got wrong.

a servicemember waves a Taiwanese flag
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US Foreign Policy

Safety and Culture Key to Realizing Micromobility's Climate Benefits

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Global Insight by Matt Watson

A Council working paper shows the climate benefits of shared mobility, but urban leaders must implement policies that make it safer and more accessible.

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Will Politics in Taiwan Increase the Risk of Conflict with China?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Deep Dish explores the challenges and choices Taiwan faces in preserving peace and navigating its delicate relationship with China and the US.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, center left, hands over a flag to the party's presidential candidate William Lai during the party congress of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party
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Defense and Security

The Potential of Regenerative Agriculture

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Global Food for Thought by Paula Maia

Investing in regenerative agriculture opens a world of possibilities for the agricultural sector.

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Adrian Infernus
Food and Agriculture

Global Heat Waves, Ukraine Grain Deal, China's Slowdown

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Two tourists cool off at the the Lions fountain in Rome on July 18, 2023.
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