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US Presidential Power and Its Limits

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Harold Hongju Koh, former Legal Adviser at the US State Department, joins Council President Ivo Daalder and Brian Hanson to discuss Koh's new book, The Trump Administration and International Law.

The White House in Washington, DC
Tabrez Syed
Global Politics

This Week's Reads: Should the European Union Have Its Own Army?

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Global Insight by Ivo H. Daalder

Recent events, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, have all added new urgency to an old debate: Should the EU have its own army?

Emmanuel Macron, left and Angela Merkel
NATO
Defense and Security

Fragile States and Pandemics: Why Preparedness Cannot Happen in a Vacuum

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Global Insight by Madeleine Nicholson

Pandemic preparedness cannot happen in a vacuum. It must include more than research, vaccine development, and the stockpiling of supplies.

Health workers rest outside a quarantine zone at a Red Cross facility in the town of Koidu, Sierra Leone
Reuters
Global Health

History Continues Unabated between Japan and South Korea

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

People in both Japan and South Korea agree on the primary issues that need to be resolved in order to improve the relationship.

South Korea and Japan from space
NASA
Public Opinion

Seven Examples Where Partisan Divisions on Foreign Policy Widened in 2018

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Partisanship has become a major factor in foreign policy attitudes in Chicago Council Surveys; not so long-ago opinions on foreign policy seemed immune to partisan impulses.

The American and NATO flags
NATO
Public Opinion

Will the Never-Ending War in Afghanistan Ever End?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The war in Afghanistan has lasted more than 17 years, and the overall situation has improved little over those years.

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division gather their equipment before boarding a CH-47F Chinook in the Nawa Valley, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
US Army
Defense and Security

Chinese Cyber Attacks and Industrial Espionage

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Lesley Carhart and Adam Segal join Brian Hanson to discuss international cyber space.

A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits
Reuters
Defense and Security

New York Times' David Sanger on Cyberattacks

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Wait Just a Minute

New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger takes a minute to answer questions about cyberattacks and why they have become the new weapon of choice for foreign adversaries.

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2018: Year in Chicago Council Surveys

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

A close-up image of the American flag
Lucas Sankey
Public Opinion

The War in Yemen

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Gregory Johnsen and Brian Hanson discuss US involvement in Yemen.

Boys demonstrate outside the offices of the United Nations in Sanaa, Yemen to denounce last weeks air strike that killed dozens including children in the northwestern province of Saada
Reuters
Defense and Security