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Should US Shrink the Pentagon to Increase National Security?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Charles Kenny joins Deep Dish and argues the United States can cut its defense budget and can better secure the nation by allocating some of the savings to development, diplomacy, and aid.

Members of the 82nd Airborne board a plane to deploy to Kuwait
Reuters
Defense and Security

America First vs. Spider-Man — A Debate on Supporting Pro-Democracy Protests

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Rochelle Terman and Paul Poast join Deep Dish to debate the two competing options for prodemocracy movements - "America first" and "Spider-Man."

Police officers escort man dressed as Spiderman away after he installed banner in front of big screen in central Hong Kong.
Reuters
Global Politics

People Around the World Will Demand Change in 2020. Will Global Leaders Be up to the Challenge?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

We enter the ’20s at a time when American power and influence continues to wane, China’s is increasing and people all around the world are making clear that their voices need to be heard.

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on the streets in Causeway Bay to march.
Voice of America
Global Politics

Work Authorization Is a Lifeline for Asylum-Seekers—and for Chicago's Economy

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Sara McElmurry

Asylum protections and work authorization are critical, but if recent policy proposals from the Department of Homeland Security come to fruition, the future is bleak for asylum-seekers—and for local employers who would benefit from their talents.

Mural of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is pictured in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago
Reuters
Migration

Adieu, World Trade Organization

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

Despite the Trump Administration’s objections to the WTO, the American public is not so quick to decry this international institution.

The second WTO Ministerial Conference, in Geneva, Switzerland
World Trade Organization
Public Opinion

We Wish You A Merry Explicit DK/NR Response

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Polling on holiday greetings dates back to 2004, when Fox News host Bill O’Reilly launched the "War on Christmas" narrative into American society. But which holiday greetings do Americans prefer?

A variety of holiday greeting cards
Annie Spratt
Public Opinion

Is A Post-Brexit US-UK Free Trade Agreement Realistic?

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Global Insight by Justin Millar

With an extension on Brexit, we revisit the prospects of a future trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States.

People wave small British flags while a crowd of people walks by in the background
Roberto Catarinicchia
Global Economy

Hard Truths about Big Tech and the US Economy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The Financial Times' Rana Foroohar joins Deep Dish to discuss how tech monopolies such as Google and Amazon are disrupting the US economy and American politics.

Amazon on a Samsung mobile phone screen
Christian Wiediger
Global Economy

Six Ways in Which Liberal and Moderate Democrats Diverge on Key Issues

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Running Numbers by Jack Benjamin

Of those who self-identify as Democrats in our 2019 Chicago Council Survey, about half are liberals while the other half are moderate/conservative. There are six key issues for which the two groups have differing opinions.

An American flag waving against a blue sky
Aaron Burden
Public Opinion

Can O'Brien Succeed as National Security Advisor?

In the News
Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

After firing his first three national security advisors, President Donald Trump has just named a fourth, the most any president has had in his first term. Will Robert O'Brien be any more successful than the previous three?

Donald Trump and Robert O'Brien
Reuters
Defense and Security