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Population Paradox: Are Declining Birth Rates Good or Bad for the World?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Aging populations, economic prospects, and sustainability goals - we tackle it all in this episode on population decline.

People walk along a pedestrian crossing in Japan.
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Global Politics

Ukraine and Taiwan: Why Airpower and Air Defense Matter

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Global Insight by Coauthors

American weapons play a key role in the defense strategies of both US partners.

Taiwanese F-16 jet fighters fly in close formation during a navy exercise
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Defense and Security

Calories Alone Will Not Feed the World

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Global Food for Thought by Kailey Griffith

The world needs a healthier food environment that is easier for everyday people to navigate in order to achieve nutrition security.

An image of a grocery store shelf with fruits and vegetables. Food and Agriculture

Another War on Drugs Won't Solve the Fentanyl Crisis

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Responsible Statecraft
Emma Sanderson

Washington should ditch the military rhetoric and refocus efforts on work with China and Mexico, Emma Sanderson argues.

Police and military patrol Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico
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US Foreign Policy

US Fears of a Nuclear-Armed Saudi Arabia Are Overblown

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"If Saudi Arabia is being asked to accept Israel as a peer, then it should be treated as a peer as well," Paul Poast writes.

Joe Biden and Mohammed bin Salman
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Defense and Security

Unpacking the Global Response to the Niger Coup

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Al Jazeera
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford weighs in on how the military takeover could affect security relationships with the United States and others.

Elizabeth Shackelford appears on Al Jazeera Global Politics

Israeli Democracy, Russia-Africa Summit, and Spanish Elections

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Elise Labott, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Global Politics

Israel's Constitutional Crisis Is Not Having Such an Important Document

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"At its core, Israel’s failure to adopt a constitution was the state’s original sin," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system
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Global Politics

Unpacking the CFR Taiwan Taskforce Report

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Sinica Podcast
Paul Heer

Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer weighs in on what the Council on Foreign Relations report got right—and what it got wrong.

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US Foreign Policy

Safety and Culture Key to Realizing Micromobility's Climate Benefits

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Global Insight by Matt Watson

A Council working paper shows the climate benefits of shared mobility, but urban leaders must implement policies that make it safer and more accessible.

Bike share program. Climate and the Environment