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Today Military Aid, Tomorrow War Crime Prosecution

In the News
CNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

The West must provide weapons to enable Ukraine "to take the fight to the Russians," Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNBC's Shep Smith.

Ivo Daalder speaks with Shep Smith on CNBC. Defense and Security

War Crimes Expert: Putin Incriminates Himself Every Day

In the News
PBS: Amanpour and Company
David Scheffer

David Scheffer advises on how to collect evidence of Russia's actions in Ukraine with Michel Martin and Chrisitane Amanpour.

David Scheffer points to a poster with "Up to $5 million reward, wanted" in front of a blue and beige map. Human Rights

Refugee Apartheid and Ukraine

BLOG
Global Insight by John Slocum

Over a million Ukrainian citizens have fled to other European countries. African, Asian, Caribbean nationals living in Ukraine may not be able to do the same.

Burned car in Ukraine
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis Requires Tough Choices

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

International Crisis Group’s Laurel Miller and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley join Deep Dish to explain what the United States and the world should do to help the Afghan people.

REUTERS
Human Rights

China Dismisses Olympic Boycott as "Farce"

In the News
WTTW Chicago Tonight
Craig Kafura

"The 2021 Chicago Council Survey finds that a narrow majority of Americans support some sort of boycott of this year’s Beijing Olympics,” Craig Kafura tells WTTW.

Screen shot of Craig Kafura appearing with John Soares and Brent Huffman on Chicago Tonight. Public Opinion

Conditional US Support for Humanitarian Intervention

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Chicago Council Surveys have found that Americans are largely supportive of humanitarian intervention, but this varies in specific cases.

Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators take part in a "No Beijing 2022" protest calling for a boycott of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in front of the Olympic House
Reuters
Public Opinion

Was a Responsible Exit Possible in Afghanistan?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The Council's Elizabeth Shackelford and Virginia Tech's Amanda Demmer explain how lessons from US military evacuations in South Sudan and Vietnam resonate with the current chaos in Afghanistan.

US troops afghanistan exit
REUTERS
US Foreign Policy

Amb. Scheffer: China Perpetuates "the Big Lie" on Uyghurs

In the News
CNN Amanpour
David Scheffer

David Scheffer and Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham talk to Christiane Amanpour following a report accusing China of "genocide."

Left to right: David Scheffer, Christiane Amanopour, and Jewher Ilham on CNN. Human Rights

Why Allies are Key for US Security Today

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

CFR's Mira Rapp-Hooper explains why NATO is still essential for America’s global leadership – but must be remade to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Angela Merkel and Donald Trump face eachother at the NATO Summit.
Reuters
Defense and Security

The COVID Wake-Up Call

In the News
Project Syndicate
Robert Muggah

If the international community does not respond to the coronavirus pandemic by creating new global structures to deal with such outbreaks in the future, it will be guilty of criminal neglect.

Coronavirus cases in the United States mapped out. Global Health