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The White House's troubling deconstruction of diplomacy

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Financial Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The ability of Tillerson’s state department to engage with the world is under attack.

Rex Tillerson US Foreign Policy

Global Cities at the End of Globalism: Can They Survive?

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Global Insight by Simon Curtis

Global cities are products of a liberal world order that is under threat from the rise of populist nationalism, protectionism, and growing authoritarianism.

United Nations headquarters
Daryan Shamkhali
Global Cities

Trump's Russia Policy Sends Mixed Messages as Investigations Mount

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WTTW
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO and the current president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, says our allies in Europe are watching events unfold with “deep concern and great worry.”

Screenshot of Ivo Daalder speaking on TV US Foreign Policy

No Wall Can Destroy the Bridges our Cities Have Built

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Global Insight by Salomón Chertorivski Woldenberg

As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.

Central Mexico City
Bhargava Marripati
Global Cities

Do women matter to national security? The men who lead US foreign policy don't think so.

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The Washington Post
Joshua Busby

Researchers found that nations with higher rates of violence against women also had higher risks of conflict and instability and that when women were part of peacemaking, that peace was more durable.

Members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia stand during a ceremony at a camp in the Colombian mountains on Feb. 18. Defense and Security

Don't Blame Trade: Low-Skilled Job Losses Will Not Be Solved by Protectionism

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Global Insight by Alexander Hitch

President Trump should tackle the problem of job dislocation broadly by building a larger retraining system in sectors where the US possesses a comparative advantage.

Workers inside an Audi plant in Mexico, with the frame of a car in the foreground
Carlos Aranda
Global Economy

Republicans used to fear Russians. Here's what they think now.

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The Washington Post
Dina Smeltz

Even everyday Republicans are now more positive than Democrats toward Russia, according to several opinion polls.

Matryoshka dolls, or Russian nesting dolls, bearing the faces of President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, among other world leaders, are displayed for sale at a souvenir shop in central Moscow. US Foreign Policy

Does Trump's Travel Ban Make Americans Less Safe?

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WTTW
Cécile Shea

Is Trump’s executive order really that much different from immigration bans imposed by his predecessors—including President Barack Obama? Or is it a big setback for counterterrorism efforts?

Cecile Shea on WTTW Migration

Violent crime in your city? More cops are not enough

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CNN
Michael A. Nutter

President-elect Donald Trump argues that the country needs more “law and order.” While law enforcement is crucial, the solution is far more complex.

Former Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter talking to someone off-camera. Defense and Security

Would an impulsive Trump hit the nuclear button?

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Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

In the late 1980s, as the Cold War neared its end, a veteran Cold Warrior reminisced in Chicago about the nuclear button and the thinking of the men who controlled it. It was an insight that holds meaning today.

Vladimir Putin, left, and Donald Trump shake hands
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