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World Review: Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis, Lebanon's Decline, Rumsfeld

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Kim Ghattas, Philip Stephens, and Julian Barnes join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

An armored tank drives down a paved path in Ethiopia
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

The US in Afghanistan: It Was Always Going to End This Way

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"The inevitability of the outcome does not make it any less tragic, but the tragedy does not make the decision to withdraw wrong," Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford explains.

Afghanistan base after US soldiers leave
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US Foreign Policy

The Chinese Communist Party's Next 100 Years

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

To understand Chinese politics and what lies ahead for the ruling party, author Bruce Dickson argues we must look to the tools China’s leaders use to create popular support.

Chinese Communist Party Celebration
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Global Politics

What the Coronavirus Vaccine Roll-Out Says about Innovation in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry

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South China Morning Post
Kris Hartley

Kris Hartley and Asit K. Biswas discuss intellectual property protection and diplomacy through vaccine provision.

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Why the Pandemic is a Time to Reimagine Cities

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Financial Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The Council's Pritzker Forum on Global Cities is featured in this Financial Times article.

Global Cities

World Review: Iran's New President, China's Take on Biden, EU-Russia Reset

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Bobby Ghosh, and Elise Labott join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

People hold pictures of Iran's new president and wave the Iran flag
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US Foreign Policy

Nicaragua's Looming "Second Dictatorship"

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Host Brian Hanson checks the pulse of democracy in Nicaragua with researcher Ryan Berg and journalist Cindy Regidor.

Nicaraguan President and Vice President
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Global Politics

Ivo Daalder on NATO 2030

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Council President Ivo Daalder examines NATO's future in testimony for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe.

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NATO 2030
US Foreign Policy

Drivers of Growth and Catch-up in the Tourism Sector of Industrialized Economies

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Journal of Travel Research
Kris Hartley

Kris Hartley discusses the findings of a study analyzing the tourism sector’s growth and catch-up performance.

Global Economy

We Need to Take Action Now to Protect the Amazon Basin

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The Council's Robert Muggah offers TEDxSaoPaulo five priorities to disrupt the crime and corruption that threatens not just Latin America, but the world.

Robert Muggah
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