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Democracy Around the World Had a Rough Year. But Don't Give Up.

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"The year we’re leaving behind was a bad one for democracy — a reminder that progress is fragile and not inevitable, and that history doesn’t always take a linear path," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

vigil for democracy at the University of Hong Kong
REUTERS
Global Politics

The International and Domestic Implications of Turkey's Tanking Lira

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Global Dispatches
Sibel Oktay

Sibel Oktay joins the Global Dispatches podcast to explain the domestic and international implications of Turkey's currency crisis.

Currency protests in Istanbul
REUTERS
Global Economy

Year in Review: 2021 in Public Opinion

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

It's been a busy 2021. Recap the year with the survey team's analyses of public opinion on the most critical issues at home and around the world.

Fireworks over the white house on inauguration 2021.
Chuck Kennedy
Public Opinion

The Urban Century of China and India

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Global Insight by Xuefei Ren

Xuefei Ren argues that cities in China and India are more aptly compared in territorial vs. associational governance than by regime type.

View of air pollution over south Delhi.
Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier
Global Cities

US Public Grows Increasingly Divided on Immigration

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Despite majority approval among Democratic public, congressional Democrats struggle to pass immigration reform.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents at Border Field State Park in San Diego watch over personnel reinforcing the border fence with concertina wire
Mani Albrecht
Public Opinion

Healing America's Politics Starts in the Industrial Heartland

In the News
National Interest
Coauthors

John Austin, Brian Hanson, and coauthors write how leaders must address economic opportunity gaps with geography as a root cause of polarization.

Ken Lund
Ken Lund
Global Cities

World Review: Turkey's Economy, Iran Talks, and Hope From 2021

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Steven Erlanger, and Carla Anne Robbins join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

Protests against the Turkish government over economic policies
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Martin Indyk on US Middle East Policy

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

What role should the United States play in the Middle East after leaving Afghanistan?

Martin Indyk US Foreign Policy

Why is Putin Threatening to Invade Ukraine (Again)?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Is the threat of a NATO expansion the core issue driving Putin’s aggression towards Ukraine, or are his concerns about legacy to blame?

REUTERS
Global Politics

Disappointments Abound in 2022 Pentagon Budget

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“Blindly increasing our defense dollars isn’t a path to more security,” writes Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, sits at a table with Congress to discuss China's pacing.
Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders
Defense and Security