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Palestinian Public Divided on Statehood Preferences

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Running Numbers by Emily Sullivan

Polling finds that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have different preferences regarding a solution to the conflict with Israel.

Guards stand near a large razor wire topped fence near Gaza on a cloudy day.
Reuters
Public Opinion

World Review: Omicron Arrives, Ukraine Red Line, and Iran Nuclear Talks

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Nirmal Ghosh, Gideon Rachman, and Nahal Toosi join Council President Ivo Daalder to review the news of the week.

A militant of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic is seen at fighting positions in Luhansk Region
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Africa Will Test Biden's Democracy Approach

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the Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

In Africa, “supplying and supporting abusive security forces often directly undermines democracy,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Smoke billowing from a street in Kampala after an explosion.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Lebanon, Middle East Optimism, and Powell's Legacy

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Kim Ghattas, Gideon Rachman, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Protestors in Lebanon run through a street with fire in the background
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

After the Fall of Gadaffi: 10 Years Later

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

Ten years after the US intervention in Libya and subsequent death of dictator Muammar Gaddafi, Ivo Daalder speaks with Mehdi Hasan on MSNBC about the fallout.

Screen shot of Ivo Daalder on the Mehdi Hasan show.
MSNBC
US Foreign Policy

Don't Ignore the War in Ethiopia

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

War in Tigray is escalating fast. “We have effective nonmilitary leverage and options in our toolbox and should use them,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Aerial view of smoke billows from the capital of Tigray.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Taiwan Tensions, Iraq Elections, and Energy Geopolitics

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Xi Jinping clapping his hands while speaking
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

World Review: Post-Merkel Germany, Huawei, Evergrande, and Global Energy

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Ryan Heath, and Stefan Kornelius join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Two people clapping
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

World Review: AUKUS, Blinken's Grilling, and Germany's Elections

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steve Erlanger, Nirmal Ghosh, and Halley Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Secretary Blinken before Congress
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Fixing Our Bureaucracy Would Have Saved Afghan Lives

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The Hill
Elizabeth Shackelford

"It may be too late for many of our Afghan allies, but we owe it to those we failed before and those who serve us in the future to fix this broken system," the Council's Elizabeth Shackelford writes with immigration lawyer Craig Richardson.

Afghans show documents to US troops in Kabul
REUTERS
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