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Germany's Far Right Protests, Netanyahu Criticism, North Korea's Unification Renege

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Stefan Kornelius, Carla Anne Robbins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Germany Far-Right Protest
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Global Politics

How Alinea wound up on so many global travelers' bucket lists

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ChicagoGlobal by H. Lee Murphy

In the elite realm of haute cuisine where Alinea resides, the influence, name recognition, and drawing power of the restaurant extends well beyond Chicago to the dining capitals of the world.

Inside Alinea restaurant
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Global Economy

What Another Trump Presidency Would Mean for NATO

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Politico
Ivo H. Daalder

Whether a reelected Trump would actually withdraw from the alliance as many fear is beside the point, Ivo Daalder argues.

Donald Trump speaks during a press conference after a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters
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US Foreign Policy

Why is Sweden telling its citizens to prepare for war?

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Global Insight by Hope O'Dell

As the country moves closer to joining NATO, member countries, including Poland and Germany, have said that within the next decade Russia could attack nations that have joined the military alliance. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson attend a joint news conference
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Defense and Security

Taiwan Election, New 'Axis of Evil,' ICJ Genocide Case

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Deborah Amos, and Yaroslav Trofimov join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Taiwan elections
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As the Chicago Auto Show ramps up, its longtime point man looks back

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ChicagoGlobal by H. Lee Murphy

Dave Sloan retires after this year's McCormick Place confab. In an exclusive chat, he reflects on how this car biz showpiece has changed — and how it's kept Chicago on the industry's global map.

The entrance of the Chicago Auto Show with a large globe hanging over the crowd.
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Global Economy

Living passports: How tattoos ink Chicago's cultural connections

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ChicagoGlobal by AJ Caughey

For more than a century, tattoo artists have connected Chicagoans with other countries and cultures — a tradition that lives on, even as the industry changes.

1930s Browsheets with flash tattoo designs at Great Lakes Tattoo
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Global Cities

Trump-Supportive Republicans Have Harder-Line Views on Immigration

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Coauthors

The issue that drove Donald Trump’s original presidential bid remains a divider within his party, Council data show.

A Trump supporter wears a red Make America Great Again hat and a suit with a brick wall pattern
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Quasi-States Are Roiling the Global Order

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Conflicts involving nonstate actors are a key reason that the world is presently witnessing a level of conflict not seen in 80 years," Paul Poast writes.

Houthi supporters protest US-led airstrikes
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Seeking Peaceful Coexistence with North Korea: What Would Kennan Do?

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United States Institute of Peace
Paul Heer

Paul Heer explores how George Kennan’s approach to the Soviet Union could be applied to Pyongyang.

Flags of Russia and North Korea are seen along the road on Russky Island
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