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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
Global Cities

What Biden and Blinken Got Right on China

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

“If Washington is prepared to acknowledge that it can coexist with China, the strategic rivalry could be managed peacefully,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome
Reuters
Defense and Security

The State of Abortion and Reproductive Rights Around the World

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Experts Bela Ganatra and Katherine Mayall discuss how global trends have influenced reproductive rights in the United States.

Woman protesting for reproductive rights
REUTERS
Women and Girls

After Ukraine, Biden Draws Line on Taiwan for China

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MSNBC
Ivo H. Daalder

"There are limits to what China can do" without facing "consequences" from the United States, asserts Council President Ivo Daalder on MSNBC with Andrea Mitchell.

Screen shot of Ivo Daalder speaking on MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports with New York Times Pentagon Correspondent Helene Cooper, and NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell. Defense and Security

Can a US-China War Be Averted?

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The National Interest
Paul Heer

Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer analyzes former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s take on US-China relations in the National Interest.

Reuters
Defense and Security

We Should Only Be Trading with Our Allies

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Newsweek
John Austin

To tackle the political and economic inflation emergency, "it will require leaning in to trade relationships with friends and allies we trust."

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Japan-U.S.-Australia-India Quad Fellowship Founding Celebration event in Tokyo on May 24, 2022.
Reuters
Global Economy

Would the United States Defend Australia?

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Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szepps
Cécile Shea

Nonresident Senior Fellow Cécile Shea debates the limits of American power and whether allies like Australia can depend on a "broken superpower" with Josh Szepps.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a mask with a flag on it
Reuters
Defense and Security