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Britain doesn't know what it wants — but it needs to make a Brexit decision soon

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Undaunted, Theresa May will try and get her deal through Parliament one last time next week in the faint hope that she can still succeed.

An anti-Brexit protester holds a European Union flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London US Foreign Policy

Why Is the United States Bombing Somalia?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Bronwyn Bruton of the Atlantic Council and Paul D. Williams of George Washington University join Deep Dish to explain what the US is doing in Somalia and why al Shabaab is a target.

MQ-9 Reaper taxis down a runway
U.S. Air Force
Defense and Security

What Is NATO's Biggest Success and Its Biggest Failure?

Video Series
#AskIvo

Council President and former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder answers a question about the NATO alliance's biggest success and its biggest failure.

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and other members of NATO Ministers of Defense and of Foreign Affairs meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
Sgt. Jerry Morrison
Defense and Security

Sean McFate on the Future of War

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

Former US paratrooper Sean McFate joins us in this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Screenshot of Sean McFate speaking on-screen Defense and Security

Expert Panel Survey: US Focus on the Denuclearization of North Korea

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Craig Kafura explains what foreign policy experts think about the denuclearization of North Korea.

US President Trump and Kim Jong-Un.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Former And Current Women Heads Of State Sign Open Letter Pushing For Women's Rights

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WBEZ
Catherine Bertini

In late February, a group of global women leaders signed an open letter, calling for government and private sector leaders to take legal and social action to promote gender inclusion and female empowerment.

A woman attends a rally to mark International Women's Day in Madrid, Friday, March 8, 2019. Women and Girls

What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?

In the News
Politico
Ertharin Cousin

Eleven female lawmakers, journalists and scholars weigh in.

Women celebrating in the US senator Women and Girls

Bibi Netanyahu and the US-Israel Relationship

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Douglas J. Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the George W. Bush administration, and Aaron David Miller, an analyst on Middle Eastern issues at the Department of State, discuss the future of US-Israel relations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017
Paul Kagame
Global Politics

The Livestock Ladder’s Water Footprint

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Global Food for Thought by Marcus Glassman

In this post from our "Uncharted Waters" blog series, we discuss that while the water footprint of livestock is substantive, the cost of that footprint is far from straightforward.

Cows in a open field at a dairy farm in California.
Michael Pujals
Food and Agriculture

Pedestrian Deaths Are On The Rise

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WBEZ
Samuel Kling

Pedestrian deaths are at their highest rate in nearly 30 years, according to a new report issued by the Governors Highway Safety Association.

Traffic moves along smoothly on a stretch of Lake Shore Drive Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 in Chicago Global Cities