Graeme Wood on Islamic State in Syria

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Wait Just a Minute

Journalist Graeme Wood, author of "The Way of the Strangers: Encounters With the Islamic State," takes a minute to discuss the difference between ISIS and al Qaeda, and if ISIS has truly been defeated.

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War Is Not Over: What the Optimists Get Wrong about Conflict

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Foreign Affairs
Paul Poast

The political turmoil of recent years has largely disabused us of the notion that the world has reached some sort of utopian ‘end of history.’ And yet it can still seem that ours is an unprecedented era of peace and progress.

American troops board plane
Reuters
Defense and Security

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

President Trump Fell in Love with Kim Jong Un—and North Korea Kept Building Missiles

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

We need a different approach, one that is more realistic about the growing threat North Korea represents.

A man stands near a TV showing a file picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a news report on North Korea firing short-range ballistic missiles
Reuters
Defense and Security

Has Brexit Finally Arrived? The Economist's Zanny Minton Beddoes Explains.

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Zanny Minton Beddoes, editor-in-chief of The Economist, joins Deep Dish to explain how the United Kingdom fell into their current predicament and what to expect next.

Front page of the Metro UK newspaper about Brexit
Habib Ayoade
Global Politics

Known Origins - What Traceability is and Why it Matters for Your Plate

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Global Food for Thought by Mark Kaplan

Traceability—the ability to identify and trace the history, distribution, location and application of products, parts and materials—ensures the reliability of sustainability claims in the areas of human rights, labor, the environment, and anti-corruption.

A farmer attends a rice field in Indonesia
Simon Fangers
Food and Agriculture

The Generational Divide Over Climate Change

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Running Numbers by Ruby Scanlon

Many have come to term the generational divide around climate change beliefs the "global warming age gap"—and many more are deeply concerned about its implications for climate change policy.

Climate change environmental activist Greta Thunberg marches at a climate change rally in Rapid City, South Dakota
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

From Mao to Now—70 Years of the People's Republic of China

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Julia Lovell, author of Maoism: A Global History, joins Deep Dish to discuss the legacy of the People’s Republic of China founder, Mao Zedong.

Portrait of Mao Zedong in Tian'anmen Square, Beijing, China
Kirill Sharkovski
Global Politics

Can O'Brien Succeed as National Security Advisor?

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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

Has Economic Globalization Helped Great Lakes Cities?

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Global Insight by Coauthors

Economic globalization has revitalized many once struggling cities (think New York, Singapore, Shanghai, and London) and created or re-created metropolises like Doha, Dublin, and Frankfurt. 

View of the Detroit skyline from Ontario.
Mike Boening
Global Cities