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1,000 Days: Revisiting the Mothers and Children of Uganda

Video Series
Featured Video

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book, we revisit Esther and her son Rodgers to see how they are faring.

Esther smiles as she holds her son Rodgers.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

Balloon-gate, Earthquakes, and Russia's New Offensive

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Stefan Kornelius, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Aftermath of the earthquake in Turkey
Reuters
Global Politics

Is China Really Scarier Than Zuckerberg?

In the News
The Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“The risk with TikTok is real, but American social media companies pose real risk, too,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Hand holding cell phone with TikTok logo on the screen.
Nordskov Media
Tech and Science

Lee Jae-Myung Could Make Strong Push for Presidency if He Can Overcome Scandals

In the News
NK News
Karl Friedhoff

"Early poll suggests South Koreans prefer Democratic leader as next peastolitical leader, but caveats abound," writes Marshall M. Bouton Fellow Karl Friedhoff.

Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung address a speech during the denunciation of dictatorship of the Yoon Suk-yeol regime
NurPhoto VIA Reuters
Global Politics

Debunking Globalization: How Regionalization Shapes the Global Economy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Has regionalization or globalization been the key economic trend over the last 40 years?

Image of Canada, Mexico and USA Flags
Reuters
Global Economy

What to Know about the Western Tanks Heading to Ukraine

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Global Insight by Emma Sanderson

The United States and Germany are sending their best tanks to Ukraine. Here’s why that matters.

 VLC1 - M1A1 Abrams tanks line up during a training exercise
Abaca Press
US Foreign Policy

Biden Cites US Resolve in Facing Aggression from Russia and China

In the News
VOA News
Elizabeth Shackelford

Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford remarks on the foreign policy details of President Biden's 2023 State of the Union address.

Biden pumping fist in front of a mic with Harris clapping behind him, American flag in the background.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Seven Things That Would Fix Immigration in the US

In the News
TIME
John Austin

“Pro-immigration advocates should lead with comprehensive immigration reform as a way to restore order,” writes John Austin in TIME.

Asylum seeking migrants seen crossing water through a chain link fence at sunset.
Reuters
Migration

To Stop Amazon Plunder, Brazil Must Change Hearts and Minds

In the News
The Washington Post
Robert Muggah

"No Brazilian leader has been so effusively pro-miner—or anti-Indigenous—as the former army captain and gold-prospecting hobbyist Bolsonaro,” writes Rob Muggah.

Road leading to Amazon rainforest area being mined.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

How China's Balloon Impacts the Guardrails on Its US Relationship

In the News
SIRIUS XM The Briefing
Paul Heer

There was no way for Blinken’s Beijing trip to go on as planned and not focus inordinately on the balloon incident, argues Paul Heer.

White Chinese balloon is shot down against a blue sky, white smoke.
Reuters
Defense and Security