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Public Opinion as COVID-19 Cases Slow in Some Countries, Increase in Others

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

The Chicago Council’s polling team examines public opinion on COVID-19 from the United States, France, the UK, Italy, and Canada.

A woman in a mask holds a baby in front of her house in Chile.
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Global Health

The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Author and former White House Middle East advisor and expert Philip Gordon joins Deep Dish to explain regime change in Middle East policy.

A statue of Saddam Hussein falling off its pedestal with a person in a military uniform watching.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Our New Gordian Knot

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Roger Thurow examines the question of how to conquer global hunger and malnutrition while also saving the planet from the strain on our environment, biodiversity, and health.

View of fields in Ethiopia
Rod Waddington
Food and Agriculture

Views of Trump Hit All-Time Low in South Korea

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Recent polling finds that Trump's favorability in South Korea has reached an all-time low of 17 percent—down 29 percentage points from last year

President Moon Jae-In, President Trump, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Did the UNSG Say "Revolution"?

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

Ian Klaus writes about the role global cities play around the world and the urgent need to adapt governance practices.

Signs for ambassadors at seats in the United Nations
Davi Mendes
Global Economy

World Review: Brexit Crunch, Taiwan, COVID Recession, Armenia v Azerbaijan

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Reporters from leading media outlets joined Ivo Daalder to discuss Brexit, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Greece vs. Turkey, and the pandemic's effect on the economy.

Dover House with blue and red lights on Brexit Day
UK Government Scotland
Global Health

Food Security, Political Instability, and America on the Hook: the Case of Cameroon

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Global Food for Thought by Michele Lowe

The Council's US Navy Federal Executive Fellow, Commander Michele Lowe, explains how food insecurity fears in Cameroon can fuel instability in our latest collaboration with Agri-Pulse.

A fruit stand at Makenene market in Cameroon
Jasmine Halki
Food and Agriculture

Japan's Suga Faces a Rising China and Uncertain US Foreign Policy

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Michael Auslin and Tobias Harris join Deep Dish to explain how the 2020 election could influence US foreign policy towards Japan.

Secretary of State Pompeo bumps fists with Japanese Prime Minister Suga
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

We're Unprepared to Handle a Congressional COVID Crisis

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The Hill
Matthew Abbott

While the 25th Amendment to the Constitution deals with the transfer of power in the event of the president’s incapacitation, no such mechanism exists for members of Congress.

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The Empty Throne Grows Dusty as America Sidelines Itself on the International Stage

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America Trends Podcast
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, who served as U.S. Ambassador to NATO under President Obama and co-author of ‘The Empty Throne’, joins us to discuss whether America can re-claim the mantle of the world’s most indispensable nation.

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