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Which Side Will India Take in US-China Rivalry?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Sushant Singh, deputy editor of the Indian Express newspaper, and the University of Chicago’s Paul Staniland discuss New Delhi’s perceptions about the “Indo-Pacific” strategy.

President Xi, right, and Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi Defense and Security

Kathryn Koob Reflects on the Anniversary of the US Embassy Hostage Crisis

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

Former American Embassy employee Kathryn Koob answers a minute of questions about Tehran in 1979 in this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Former US embassy in Tehran, via Wikimedia Commons
Ninara
Global Politics

Ahead of Israeli Elections, Netanyahu Doubles Down on Foreign Policy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Seth J. Frantzman, the Jerusalem Post's Middle East affairs analyst, and Council fellow Cécile Shea join Deep Dish to discuss Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement that Israel will annex part of the Jordan Valley.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017
Paul Kagame
Global Politics

Why Tunisia Is the Epicenter of Arab Democracy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Sarah Yerkes and Gordon Gray join Deep Dish to discuss why Tunisia is the epicenter of Arab Democracy.

Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui greets supporters from a car during an election campaign event.
Reuters
Global Politics

Iran Reacts to US Sanctions—with Echoes of Run-up to Pearl Harbor

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

University of Chicago's Robert Pape and George Mason University's Ellen Laison join this week's Deep Dish to discuss what is at stake with Iran.

An Iranian Shahed 171 drone dropping a bomb as part of a military exercise in the Gulf, in Iran, in this undated handout photo.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Peace to Prosperity Misses the Mark with Palestinians

BLOG
Running Numbers by Bettina Hammer

Palestinians are critical of the US and Peace to Prosperity plan.

An aerial view of Jerusalem
Toa Heftiba
Public Opinion

Sudan Could Be 'Worse Than the Syrian Civil War'

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former US envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, joins Deep Dish to explain what is going on in Sudan and why it matters.

Sudanese soldiers stand guard around armored military vehicles as demonstrators continue their protest against the regime near the army headquarters in Khartoum.
Agence France-Presse
Defense and Security

Commentary: With US-Iran tensions rising, is diplomacy still even an option?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The only question now is how this ends—in war, new negotiations or one side backing down.

Protesters demonstrate on June 19, 2019 at a briefing on Capitol Hill by Brian Hook, the State Department's special representative on Iran. US Foreign Policy

Does President Trump Want a War with Iran?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Michael Singh of the Washington Institute and Ariane Tabatabai of the RAND Corporation explain what's going on between the US and Iran.

President Trump and John Bolton, right.
NATO
Defense and Security

Ryan Crocker on Iran-Iraq Relations

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ryan Crocker, who served as the US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon, joins Deep Dish to discuss America’s relationship with Iran and Iraq.

Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, speaking at the United Nations
Loey Felipe
Defense and Security