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Urban, Suburban, and Rural Americans Agree on Key Issues Ahead of 2020 Election

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

Data from the 2019 Chicago Council Survey revealed that certain issues which once divided those living in cities, suburbs, or the country have become sources of agreement

Voters in Des Moines precincts 44, 58 and 59 cast their ballots at Callanan Middle School.
Phil Roeder
Public Opinion

Belarus, US Pushes Iran Sanctions, Turkey vs. Greece

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Journalists from some of the world’s leading media outlets join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss Belarus, Iran, and Turkey-Greece relations.

A map of COVID-19 cases across Europe Global Health

Israel-UAE Peace Agreement, US Election Interference, Belarus

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ivo Daalder talked with leading global media reporters about the peace agreement between Israel and UAE, the 2020 election, Belarus, and why Turkey is a problem for NATO.

People holding flags gather to protest elections in Belarus
Jana Shnipelson
Global Politics

Lebanon, China Tech Decoupling, Putin

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Reporters from some of the world’s leading media outlets joined the Council to discuss the explosion in Lebanon, what TikTok tells us about tech decoupling from China, and whether Russia’s President Putin is in trouble.

Aftermath of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Aug 4, 2020.
Lisa Hastert
US Foreign Policy

Nuclear Threats 75 Years After Hiroshima

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former deputy secretary of energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Stanford University’s Scott Sagan examine nuclear weapons today and what Americans can do as arms control regimes falter.

Left: Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima; Right: Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki US Foreign Policy

Americans Want a Nuclear-Free World

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Today, most Americans don’t want a world with nuclear weapons. According to the 2020 Chicago Council Survey two-thirds of Americans (66%) believe that no country should be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

Atomic bomb dome (Genbaku Dome) in Hiroshima, Japan Public Opinion

US Cuts Troops in Germany, Hong Kong Elections Postponed, Dictators in Trouble

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Nirmal Ghosh, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss US troops in Germany, Hong Kong, US-China tensions, Israel, and much more.

American soldiers at US army base, in front of a sun set.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Why Allies are Key for US Security Today

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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

Alliance of Democracies—from America First to American Led

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Global Insight by Paul Poast

Can an administration that up to this point has been belligerent towards traditional US democratic allies and has rejected many forms of multilateralism be able to turn the page and shift from "America First" to "American Led"?

An American flag waving in wind, across a hazy sky
James Balensiefen
US Foreign Policy

Mike Pompeo Challenges China's Governing Regime

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

The Secretary of State’s approach to Beijing risks confirming its suspicions about U.S. subversion while simultaneously alienating the very Chinese people that he aspires to "engage and empower."

Mike Pompeo Defense and Security