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Opinion – It's Time to Redefine Gender Mainstreaming

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E-International Relations
Katelyn Jones

2020 is a key time to reflect on gender equality efforts and progress globally.

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Will Chicago bounce back?

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Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

While Chicagoans have been working from home or not working at all, the economy that fuels their city has changed, perhaps permanently.

Shoppers walk past a boarded-up Brooks Brothers store on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 4, 2020. Global Economy

Kosovo-Serbia, Post-Abe Japan, Nord Stream 2

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Reporters from leading media outlets join the Council to discuss the Kosovo-Serbia relations, Japan, the Navalny poisoning, and much more.

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Global Health

Public Attitudes on US Intelligence

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

A 2019 survey confirms that Americans broadly support Intelligence agencies despite their limited transparency and persistent antagonism from President Trump.

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When is a Crisis a "Crisis" and Why Does It Matter?

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Global Insight by Olivia Shinners

One of the defining features of 2020 has been the declaration of seemly one crisis after another, but why are some events declared crisis and why are others not?

Mexican immigrants walk across a bridge at the US border after being deported during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reuters
Defense and Security

While the West dithers, Russia stays busy

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

When it comes to Russia, the West remains mostly divided—and no one has stepped up to lead the way to collective action.

 Protesters gather near Independence Palace, residence of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in Minsk on Sept. 6 US Foreign Policy

'Ally-Shoring' Will Help US Rebuild Economy and Global Leadership

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The Hill
John Austin

Ally-shoring describes a program of sourcing essential materials, goods, and services with trusted friends while disengaging from China and other states that seek to undermine American interests from critical supply chains.

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Police Reform Lessons from Around the World

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Princeton University's Laurence Ralph and the Council on Criminal Justice's Thomas Abt join Deep Dish to explain why police brutality is not a uniquely American phenomenon.

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SIPA USA
Inclusion and Equity

The Epistemics of Policymaking

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OpenEdition
Kris Hartley

From technocracy to critical pragmatism in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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United Nations
Climate and the Environment

Fighting Fake News in the COVID-19 Era: Policy Insights from an Equilibrium Model

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Springer Nature
Kris Hartley

Like many policy challenges, the COVID-19 crisis is exposing deep-seated political and epistemological divisions, fueled in part contestation over scientific evidence and ideological tribalism stoked in online communities.

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