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Amb. Dennis Ross on Trump's Golan Heights Decision

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ambassador Dennis Ross, who led the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for 12 years and served in senior political positions under Presidents Carter, Reagan, H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama, joined this week's Deep Dish podcast.

The Golan Heights' border with Syria proper. Defense and Security

Bibi Netanyahu and the US-Israel Relationship

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Douglas J. Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy in the George W. Bush administration, and Aaron David Miller, an analyst on Middle Eastern issues at the Department of State, discuss the future of US-Israel relations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017
Paul Kagame
Global Politics

Opinion Landscape Not Ideal for New Mideast Peace Plan

BLOG
Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

According to the 2018 Chicago Council Survey , American public support for an "independent Palestinian state" is at its highest level yet, with strongest support among self-described Democrats.

Aerial view of the coast in Tel Aviv
Shai Pal
Public Opinion

Is China's Investment in Africa a Debt Trap?

Video Series
#AskIvo

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder explores if China’s investment in Africa a debt trap.

Picture of Xi shaking hands with an African leader.
Reuters
Global Economy

The New US-Syria Policy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford and Tamara Cofman Wittes, former deputy assistant secretary of state for near east affairs, join the Deep Dish podcast to dissect the implications of the withdrawal from Syria for US-Syria policy.

Children gather around a U.S. tactical vehicle in Syria
Staff Sgt. Timothy Koster
Defense and Security

Will the Never-Ending War in Afghanistan Ever End?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The war in Afghanistan has lasted more than 17 years, and the overall situation has improved little over those years.

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division gather their equipment before boarding a CH-47F Chinook in the Nawa Valley, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
US Army
Defense and Security

The War in Yemen

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Gregory Johnsen and Brian Hanson discuss US involvement in Yemen.

Boys demonstrate outside the offices of the United Nations in Sanaa, Yemen to denounce last weeks air strike that killed dozens including children in the northwestern province of Saada
Reuters
Defense and Security

Iran, Russia, and China, the Triple-Axis

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Authors Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to discuss the relationship between Iran, Russia, and China.

The Chamran Highway, Tehran, Iran, with the skyline in the background
Arman Taherian
Global Politics

Why John Bolton Threatened the ICC

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ambassador David Scheffer shares his reactions on John Bolton's recent comments on the United States' relationship with Afghanistan.

John Bolton speaking at a podium
Gage Skidmore
Global Politics

The Turkish Lira Crisis

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Experts Steven Cook and Henri Barkey and economist Phil Levy share their views on the global ramifications of Turkey's economic crisis.

A person holds six hundred Turkish Lira banknotes
Omid Armin
Global Economy