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The Russia-Ukraine Clash Reveals Putin's Mediterranean Strategy

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Tony Chavez, and Council President Ivo Daalder join Brian Hanson to discuss the Russia-Ukraine dispute

Vladimir Putin talks to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and head of the Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit as they inspect a transport passage across the Kerch Strait.
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Defense and Security

Global Cities in the International System: A New Era of Governance

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Global Insight by Simon Curtis

Global cities are the best candidates to form novel transnational political assemblages that can scale up to the level of global challenges.

The Tokyo skyline at dusk with a view of the Tokyo Tower.
Louie Martinez
Global Cities

It's Time for Cities to Flex Their Soft Power

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Global Insight by Robert Muggah

Our international affairs are still being determined by nation-states, however, the imbalance between cities and nation-states is no longer acceptable.

View of a busy Tokyo at night time.
Andre Benz
Global Cities

Stephen Walt's Guide to Realism

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Harvard University's Stephen M. Walt joins Deep Dish to explain America's foreign policy failures since the end of the Cold War.

Firdos Square in Baghdad
Larisa Epatko
US Foreign Policy

The 'Doom Loop' Potential of Italy's Eurozone Clash

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Isabelle Mateos y Lago and Adam Tooze join Brian Hanson to discuss top global economy news stories of the week.

A vegetable stand with prices written in Italian at a market
Bertrand Borie
Global Economy

Confidence in Congress Low

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

Results from the 2018 Chicago Council Survey indicate that trust in American political institutions is extremely low—especially so for congress.

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Political Polarization the Critical Threat to US, Foreign Policy Experts Say

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Dina Smeltz and Joshua Busby discuss how political polarization poses an extreme threat to the United States.

Atlanta, GA
Maria Oswalt
Public Opinion

What a World Without US Leadership Looks Like

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Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay discuss their new book "The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership"—a revealing look at Trump’s foreign policy.

An exterior view of the US White House
Diego Cambiaso
Global Politics

Germany Accelerates Change in Its "Rust Belt"

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Global Insight by John Austin

Both the United States and Germany are seeing evolving economies in their respective "rust belts," formerly robust engines of the industrial era.

German factory.
Moritz Ludtke
Global Cities

Brazil's Bolsonaro Is No Tropical Trump

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Latin American political expert Pete Schechter joins Deep Dish to discuss the differences between far-right populism in Brazil and the U.S.

Jair Bolsonaro speaking onstage during a forum in Brazil
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Global Politics