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Deep Divisions Across the Atlantic

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Global Insight by Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

Angela Merkel giving a keynote speech in 2019
Kristof Roomp
Global Politics

China's Blockbuster Influence in Hollywood

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Movie producer Lynda Obst and Orville Schell of the Asia Society join Deep Dish to examine how China is changing the US box office.

View of the Hollywood sign from above, in Los Angeles, California.
Justin Aikin
Global Politics

America shrugs while democracy around the world retreats

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

For the 13th year in a row, freedom declined around the world — with more countries falling down freedom’s ranks than moving up.

President Donald Trump speaks at the Major County Sheriffs and Major Cities Chiefs Association Joint Conference in Washington US Foreign Policy

America the Dangerous

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

The United States is perceived as a greater threat around the world, is unable to convince its own public of what it has deemed a threat (China) and will struggle to enlist the help of allies.

The Chinese flag waves behind barbed wire at the border crossing.
Macau Photo Agency
Public Opinion

China's Slow Growth and America's Missing Trade Deal

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Global economics expert Phil Levy joins this week's Deep Dish podcast to explain what's going on between the US and China, and how lessons from the US shutdown might help explain what will happen next.

President Xi Jinping
Michel Temer
Global Economy

US Presidential Power and Its Limits

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Harold Hongju Koh, former Legal Adviser at the US State Department, joins Council President Ivo Daalder and Brian Hanson to discuss Koh's new book, The Trump Administration and International Law.

The White House in Washington, DC
Tabrez Syed
Global Politics

Seven Examples Where Partisan Divisions on Foreign Policy Widened in 2018

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Partisanship has become a major factor in foreign policy attitudes in Chicago Council Surveys; not so long-ago opinions on foreign policy seemed immune to partisan impulses.

The American and NATO flags
NATO
Public Opinion

2018: Year in Chicago Council Surveys

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

A close-up image of the American flag
Lucas Sankey
Public Opinion

Stephen Walt's Guide to Realism

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Harvard University's Stephen M. Walt joins Deep Dish to explain America's foreign policy failures since the end of the Cold War.

Firdos Square in Baghdad
Larisa Epatko
US Foreign Policy

Confidence in Congress Low

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

Results from the 2018 Chicago Council Survey indicate that trust in American political institutions is extremely low—especially so for congress.

Aerial view of US Congress US Foreign Policy