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Our New Gordian Knot

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow examines the question of how to conquer global hunger and malnutrition while also saving the planet from the strain on our environment, biodiversity, and health.

View of fields in Ethiopia
Rod Waddington
Food and Agriculture

Views of Trump Hit All-Time Low in South Korea

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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

Did the UNSG Say "Revolution"?

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

Ian Klaus writes about the role global cities play around the world and the urgent need to adapt governance practices.

Signs for ambassadors at seats in the United Nations
Davi Mendes
Global Economy

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

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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

Food Security, Political Instability, and America on the Hook: the Case of Cameroon

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Global Food for Thought by Michele Lowe

The Council's US Navy Federal Executive Fellow, Commander Michele Lowe, explains how food insecurity fears in Cameroon can fuel instability in our latest collaboration with Agri-Pulse.

A fruit stand at Makenene market in Cameroon
Jasmine Halki
Food and Agriculture

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

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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

We're Unprepared to Handle a Congressional COVID Crisis

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The Hill
Matthew Abbott

While the 25th Amendment to the Constitution deals with the transfer of power in the event of the president’s incapacitation, no such mechanism exists for members of Congress.

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The Empty Throne Grows Dusty as America Sidelines Itself on the International Stage

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America Trends Podcast
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, who served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO under President Obama and co-author of ‘The Empty Throne’, joins us to discuss whether America can re-claim the mantle of the world’s most indispensable nation.

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Working Together to Tackle Food Insecurity in Tanzania and Ghana

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

Through selective breeding of African indigenous chickens to improve small scale poultry production, we can tackle food insecurity in Tanzania and Ghana.

Team members at Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry
UC Davis
Food and Agriculture

World Review: Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19, James A. Baker III, Xinjiang

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ivo Daalder talked with leading journalists to get their perspectives on the week's global headlines.

Former Secretary Baker stands by the chair he used as a Cabinet Officer
US Dept. of State
Global Health