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Diplomacy Doesn't Work in a Zero-Risk World

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

Extreme risk aversion in diplomacy sends the message that nonmilitary international relationships are not a US priority, says Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

A wrought iron fence painted white with a US Embassy sign.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Don't Blame Cities for COVID-19

In the News
La Cahiers
Samuel Kling

Director of Global Cities Research Sam Kling writes in La Cahiers on the history leading to the vilification of cities and density early in the pandemic.

Jackson Avenue in Chicago empty during COVID-19 with a sign saying "stay home."
Raed Mansour
Global Cities

Post-Pandemic Cities: Recovery, Transition, and Renewal

In the News
Diplomatic Courier
Foroogh Farhang

“Cities play an increasingly central role in addressing the environmental crisis and in welcoming the growing number of migrants,” Foroogh Farhang cowrites in the Diplomatic Courier.

A view of Palermo from a balcony with a lamp post with blue sky and clouds.
Denis Simonet
Global Cities

Joe Manchin: The Voice of Moderate Democrats? Or a Party Outlier?

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

Reuters
Climate and the Environment

The Food Waste and Climate Connection

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Global Food for Thought by Eden Merkle

If food waste were a country, it would be the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the US.

A worker dumps pre-consumer food waste
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Shackelford on America's Soft Power: NPR's Simoncast

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NPR
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford joins NPR's Simoncast to reflect on her career in foreign policy and the potential of US diplomacy through “soft power.”

cover artwork for the simoncast at Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale US Foreign Policy

AUKUS Is Awkward, but Not Abnormal

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War on the Rocks
Coauthors

The Council surveyed US foreign policy experts to learn how AUKUS had such an effect on US-French relations. Dina Smeltz, Sibel Oktay, Paul Post, and Craig Kafura explain in War on the Rocks.

President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron exchange words at a table with microphones.
Reuters
Public Opinion

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

Video Series
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

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

How the Data Revolution Will Help Fight Climate Change

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Foreign Policy
Robert Muggah

“We can use Big Data to understand and communicate the planetary crisis while simultaneously measuring progress,” Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah writes in Foreign Policy.

Time tunnel in China Big Data conference shows green pastures at the other end.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment