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The System That Sent Billionaires to Space Could Fall Apart Without Their Help

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Barron's
John Austin

As billionaires race to space, "our democracies could use their help on the ground," John Austin argues in Barron's.

Bezos goes to space
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Global Economy

Be Wary of China Threat Inflation

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Foreign Policy
Bruce Jentleson

"The China threat is being inflated in ways that, as with the Soviet threat in the Cold War and terrorism post-9/11, are counterproductive for foreign-policy strategy and distort domestic politics in dangerous ways," Bruce Jentleson argues.

100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party
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US Foreign Policy

World Review: Shifting Geopolitics in the Middle East

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, Gideon Rachman, and Susan Glasser join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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US Foreign Policy

Pre-Summit Protests, Booming Beehives, & Costly Coffee

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

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Food and Agriculture

How Americans Think About Trade

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Foreign Affairs
Diana C. Mutz

Americans’ views are shaped by trade’s perceived effects on the United States as a whole, their feelings about the trading partner country and US political party in power, and their general outlook on the world beyond their country’s borders.

Workers in a Honda plant
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Global Economy

Bipartisan Bill Could End Our Casual Relationship with War

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

The Council's Elizabeth Shackelford explains how a new bipartisan bill could renew Congressional war powers and reign in presidential power to engage the United States in conflict.

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Defense and Security

Why the US Should Withdraw Its Troops from Korea

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Responsible Statecraft
Ethan Kessler

Nearly seven decades after the armistice, the status quo on the Peninsula does not serve American interests, the Council's Ethan Kessler argues.

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Defense and Security

World Review: Extreme Weather, Cyber Threats, and the Delta Variant

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Nirmal Ghosh, Carla Anne Robbins, and Steve Erlanger join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Climate and the Environment

The United Nations Food Systems Summit: All You Need to Know

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September and the pre-summit on July 26th, check out a breakdown of everything you need to know.

Food and Agriculture

Wild Pigs, Lab Foie Gras, and Drought Reroute

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Food and Agriculture