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On Matters of Time and Space

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WNYC Studios
Samuel Kling

Sam Kling, Global Cities Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, on why anti-urbanist tropes come up again and again in the fight against disease.

People waiting at a cross walk during a coronavirus lockdown
Kate Trifo
Global Cities

Has China Won? Ivo Daalder and Kishore Mahbubani

In the News
Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development
Ivo H. Daalder

Fireside Chat with Ivo Daalder and Kishore Mahbubani moderated by Vuk Jeremic on CIRSD YouTube channel on Wednesday, April 22nd at 9 p.m (CEST).

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Macau Photo Agency
US Foreign Policy

Is the City Itself the Problem?

In the News
Bloomberg CityLab
Samuel Kling

There’s a long history of blaming urban areas rather than economic factors for physical and moral ills. But density can be an asset for fighting coronavirus.

A deserted Times Square in New York City During the Coronavirus lockdown, USA.
Paulo Silva
Global Cities

We Can Make the Post-Coronavirus World a Much Less Violent Place

In the News
Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

The pandemic has decreased some kinds of crime and increased others. But the world is much safer than it used to be, and we know how to make it even safer.

The microscopic view of the virus which causes Coronavirus disease.
NIAID
Global Health

Fareed Zakaria on a Post-Pandemic World

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Fareed Zakaria joins Brian Hanson to talk about the effects of COVID-19 around the world.

Fareed Zakaria speaking at the Council Global Health

The Three Nuclear Threats Facing President-Elect Biden

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Council President Ivo Daalder explains why President-Elect Biden faces 3 nuclear threats -- Russia, Iran, and North Korea-- in the Chicago Tribune.

Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin
Kremlin
Defense and Security

Economic Divisions are Driving Political Ones

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Politico
John Austin

John Austin contributes to Politico's collection of essays titled What Trump Showed Us About America.

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Annie Spratt
Global Economy

American Ag is Under Attack, We Aim to Protect it

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

The Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act, or AIM Act, would protect our agriculture system by creating an intelligence office within the Department of Agriculture.

A scientist preps radish seeds in a lab
NASA/Glenn Benson
Food and Agriculture

2020 Election Series: Polling and US Foreign Policy

In the News
Hopkins Podcast on Foreign Affairs
Dina Smeltz

Dina Smeltz discusse public opinion polling on issues of foreign policy.

Polling Station sign
Steve Houghton-Burnett
Public Opinion

Grandstanding in the Situation Room

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Global Insight by David Scheffer

The White House Situation Room has entertained grandstanding that betrays the seriousness of the "Sit Room" and its national security function.

The White House, Washington, DC
David Everett Strickler
Defense and Security