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The 2024 US Presidential Election and South Korea

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Korea Society
Dina Smeltz

Dina Smeltz and other experts unpack how America’s 2024 elections will impact domestic politics, foreign policy, and the US-South Korea relationship.

Dina Smeltz speaks on stage Public Opinion

Where "Pure Independents" Stand on US Foreign Policy

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Independents who lean toward neither party could play a decisive role in the 2024 presidential election.

a person stands at a voting booth
Patrick Semansky / AP
Public Opinion

The United States Pursues Its Lithium Independence

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

The hunt for the key battery component is only the beginning of the story.

Construction continues at the Thacker Pass lithium mine near Orovada, Nevada
Rick Bowmer / AP
Global Economy

Foreign Policy Experts Fear the Threat Is Coming from Inside the House

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Large majorities of Democratic and Independent foreign policy elites say they are more concerned about internal threats than external ones.

Security fencing installed around the US Capitol
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
US Foreign Policy

Republicans and Democrats Don’t Agree on a Single Immigration Policy: Poll

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The Hill
Craig Kafura

New Council-Ipsos polling reveals there is little common ground to be found between the right and left when it comes to immigration policy solutions.

The US-Mexico border wall seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Christian Chavez / AP
Public Opinion

Pro-Palestinian Student Protests Spread from US to Europe

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VOA
Paul Poast

Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast joins VOA to unpack the recent protests against Israel's war in Gaza sweeping college campuses.

Paul Poast appears on VOA via Zoom US Foreign Policy

American Rare Earths Find Comes up Short

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

The eventual extraction from Wyoming’s Halleck Creek site will be much smaller than the reported 2.34 billion tonnes.

 mountains in northeast Wyoming which hold one of North America's best deposits of rare earth elements
Mead Gruver / AP
Global Economy

The US Is Having a Crisis of Confidence at a Very Bad Time

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"A lack of confidence can lead to restraint out of fear, rather than restraint as a principled position," Paul Poast writes.

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
US Foreign Policy

Power Play: Canada Pressured on NATO Spending

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CTV News
Ivo H. Daalder

"As NATO does more, one of it's most important allies—Canada—needs to do more as well," says Ivo Daalder.

Vassy Kapelos, Ivo Daalder, and Andrew Leslie on CTV News. Global Politics

Overseas Conflicts Are Sparking Strife in US Party Politics

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FiveThirtyEight
Dina Smeltz

Dina Smeltz uses recent surveys to break down how the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have divided the parties.

Dina Smeltz talks with others via video call Public Opinion