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United States Splits from Global Trend on Abortion Rights

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WGN-9
Elizabeth Shackelford

Banning abortion “doesn't look like a particularly democratic move for a country that purports to be a beacon of democracy,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on WGN-9.

Global Health

America Is the World's Gun Store

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

"US sales of lethal firearms aren’t just a domestic issue," argues Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah in Foreign Policy.

Gold bullets in a pile on grey surface next to black magazine. Defense and Security

Last Best Hope: The West's Final Chance to Build a Better World Order

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Foreign Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay argue that the West must form a G-12 alliance to “turn its newfound unity into a broader effort to save the rules-based order.”

G7 Meeting in Brussels in front of flags and a brick wall.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Why US-China Cooperation Remains Elusive

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

"It is rarely acknowledged or even considered that Beijing actually shares much of Washington’s vision for the Indo-Pacific," argues Paul Heer in the National Interest.

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Defense and Security

To Beat Russian Influence in Africa, the West Must Offer Something Better

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“Wagner’s appeal comes as little surprise to those of us who have worked on the continent. Its engagement is transactional,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

Malian armed forces on military trucks.
Reuters
Defense and Security

A World of Power and Fear: What Critics of Realism Get Wrong

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Foreign Affairs
Paul Poast

“Realism is the school of no hope, the curmudgeon of international relations thought,” writes Paul Poast in Foreign Affairs.

A view of the damage to a school gymnasium that was shelled, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Mykolaiv region
Reuters
Defense and Security

Industrial Transition and Democracy

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EU Assembly of Regional and Local Representatives
John Austin

John Austin joined the European Committee of the Regions to discuss the link between populism and place, and how populism grows in deindustrialized regions.

A truck part with a "for sale" sign sits on the ground in Marshalltown, Iowa, March 8, 2015.
Reuters
Global Economy

Americans Recognize Cyber Threats, but Are Divided on Best Response

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Running Numbers by Zachary Leffel

Public opinion polling shows a lack of consensus about where cyberattacks fall within the escalatory ladder of conventional warfare.

Broken Ethernet cable in front of green binary code and words "cyber security"
Reuters
Tech and Science

Americans Widely Support Combatting Global Hunger

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Agri-Pulse
Coauthors

"More people around the world [are] facing hunger than ever before, leading many Americans to wonder: what can and should the United States do about it?"

A woman holds a sign saying "Hunger is a political choice" at a World Hunger Day protest in London on May 28, 2022.
Reuters
Food and Agriculture

Unregulated US Firearms Are a Global Problem

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World Politics Review
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah studies the global problem of unregulated US firearms, which are over 40 percent of all reported arms exports globally over the past five years.

An AR-15 rifles display at Firearms Unknown, a gun store in Oceanside, California.
Reuters
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