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Does the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella Still Protect America's Allies?

In the News
Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

The next president should move swiftly to reassure allies that the U.S. nuclear guarantee remains credible—or risk rapid nuclear proliferation.

Photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency showing North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-12 lifting off at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017
AFP PHOTO
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Nagorno-Karabakh, Brexit, and Taiwan

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ivo Daalder joined reporters from leading media outlets to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Brexit trade talks, and the US-China standoff on Taiwan.

 Azerbaijanis and Turks organize a demonstration of support for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, Istanbul, Turkey.
Umut Çolak
Global Health

Views of Trump Hit All-Time Low in South Korea

BLOG
Running Numbers by Coauthors

Recent polling finds that Trump's favorability in South Korea has reached an all-time low of 17 percent—down 29 percentage points from last year

President Moon Jae-In, President Trump, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Reuters
Public Opinion

World Review: Brexit Crunch, Taiwan, COVID Recession, Armenia v Azerbaijan

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Reporters from leading media outlets joined Ivo Daalder to discuss Brexit, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Greece vs. Turkey, and the pandemic's effect on the economy.

Dover House with blue and red lights on Brexit Day
UK Government Scotland
Global Health

Japan's Suga Faces a Rising China and Uncertain US Foreign Policy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Michael Auslin and Tobias Harris join Deep Dish to explain how the 2020 election could influence US foreign policy towards Japan.

Secretary of State Pompeo bumps fists with Japanese Prime Minister Suga
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Converging Flu Season and Pandemic Concerns Northern Publics

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Public opinion polls in North America, Europe, and Asia find publics continue to worry about contracting the virus.

Doctors in PPE while at a COVID-19 testing site, holding clipboards
Reuters
Global Health

South Korea's Success in Containing the Coronavirus Highlights Importance of Digital Resilience

In the News
South China Morning Post
Robert Muggah

One of the emerging lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic is that countries and companies that digitised early are more likely to recover faster than those that did not

A health care worker takes test samples for the Covid-19 from a man at a temporary virus testing station near Namdaemun in Seoul on August 10. Global Health

The Inconvenient Truth about Taiwan's Place in the World

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

Beijing is not in fact looking for excuses or an opportunity to attack its neighbor, Taipei: it is looking for reasons not to do so.

A person wearing a surgical face mask and a military helment. Defense and Security

Americans Skeptical of Vaccine Timeline

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

While President Trump has promised a vaccine before November, many doubt a vaccine can safely be developed in such a short timespan.

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration
Reuters
Global Health

Kosovo-Serbia, Post-Abe Japan, Nord Stream 2

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Reporters from leading media outlets join the Council to discuss the Kosovo-Serbia relations, Japan, the Navalny poisoning, and much more.

Two ships involved in construction of the natural gas pipeline North Stream 2
Pedant01 via Wikimedia Commons
Global Health