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Cities for Autocrats and the Future of Urban Spaces

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Global Insight by Abraham Zuraw

Cities have been called bastions of democracy, but authoritarian leaders across the globe are articulating their own visions for the future of urban spaces.

New Egyptian administrative capital.
Youssef Abdelwahab
Global Cities

Partnering with Youth to Inspire Agricultural Innovation

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The future of agricultural innovation is dependent on young people. How can we motivate them to get engaged?

A Bangladeshi farmer woman separates the husk from the grain during harvest at Saturia village, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
AP Photos/Pavel Rahman
Food and Agriculture

Lifting Sanctions Could Reduce Pressure at the US Border

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Global Insight by Emma Sanderson

US sanctions on Latin American countries have exacerbated the worsening economic and political conditions behind the current migrant surge.

Biden walks with agents near the US-Mexico border
Adam Schultz for White House
US Foreign Policy

Artificial Intelligence Will Entrench Global Inequality

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

“Unmitigated AI could deepen social, economic, and digital cleavages between and within countries,” warns Robert Muggah with Ilona Szabó.

Icon for Chat GPT on a phone home screen.
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Tech and Science

Zelenskyy On Tour and Global South at the G7 Summit

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Steven Erlanger, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Zelenskyy and Japan's leader near an arch outside.
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Global Politics

The Signs of the Multipolar World Are All around Us

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The debate over whether the world is now multipolar goes to the heart of understanding how and why political events unfold globally, Paul Poast writes.

U.S. President Joe Biden is seated with Chinese President Xi Jinping for a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting
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Global Politics

How the G7 Plans to Counter Economic Coercion by China

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Global Insight by Libby Berry

An announcement made following the G7 Hiroshima Summit brings the group one step closer to a proposed “Economic Article 5.”

G7 leaders stand in a line
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US Foreign Policy

The Global Cost of Childhood Malnutrition

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Childhood malnutrition has lifelong consequences for individuals and the global community. Here’s what you can do to help.

Shyamakali and her children.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

Growing Pains: Transforming Global Food and Agriculture

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How do we nourish the population, while protecting the planet from the very act of nourishing us?

A farmer thrashes wheat crop after harvest early morning.
AP Photos/Channi Anand
Food and Agriculture

Latin America's Crime Surge is Fueled by Cocaine Production

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Small Wars Journal
Robert Muggah

Many Latin American and Caribbean countries are in the grip of a crime epidemic as international drug trafficking surges with cocaine production.

Colombian victims of drug trafficking violence
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Defense and Security