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Post-Pandemic Cities: Recovery, Transition, and Renewal

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Diplomatic Courier
Foroogh Farhang

“Cities play an increasingly central role in addressing the environmental crisis and in welcoming the growing number of migrants,” Foroogh Farhang cowrites in the Diplomatic Courier.

A view of Palermo from a balcony with a lamp post with blue sky and clouds.
Denis Simonet
Global Cities

Joe Manchin: The Voice of Moderate Democrats? Or a Party Outlier?

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

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Climate and the Environment

The Food Waste and Climate Connection

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Global Food for Thought by Eden Merkle

If food waste were a country, it would be the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the US.

A worker dumps pre-consumer food waste
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Climate and the Environment

Shackelford on America's Soft Power: NPR's Simoncast

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NPR
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford joins NPR's Simoncast to reflect on her career in foreign policy and the potential of US diplomacy through “soft power.”

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Inside China's Nuclear Strategy

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

What's driving China's rapid nuclear triad expansion? Nuclear expert Tong Zhao joins Deep Dish to explain.

China hypersonic weapons
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Defense and Security

Reflections on a Century of Global Leadership

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Richard Longworth, author of "Chicago and the World: 100 years of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs," talks with Council President Ivo H. Daalder and former Council presidents John E. Rielly and Marshall M. Bouton.

AUKUS Is Awkward, but Not Abnormal

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War on the Rocks
Coauthors

The Council surveyed US foreign policy experts to learn how AUKUS had such an effect on US-French relations. Dina Smeltz, Sibel Oktay, Paul Post, and Craig Kafura explain in War on the Rocks.

President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron exchange words at a table with microphones.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Some Aussies Overlook Link Between Climate Change and Drought

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Running Numbers by Katherine Stiplosek

Australians are more concerned about severe weather events than the climate crisis causing them. But is tackling the former alone just putting out fires?

dry cracked earth in Australian drought
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Climate and the Environment

World Review: Lebanon, Middle East Optimism, and Powell's Legacy

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Kim Ghattas, Gideon Rachman, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Protestors in Lebanon run through a street with fire in the background
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US Foreign Policy

Domestic Terrorism and the Aftermath of War

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

How can we stop the rise of domestic terrorism in the United States? Kathleen Belew and Robert Pape look at modern history and politics for answers.

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Global Politics