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Lebanon, China Tech Decoupling, Putin

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Reporters from some of the world’s leading media outlets joined the Council to discuss the explosion in Lebanon, what TikTok tells us about tech decoupling from China, and whether Russia’s President Putin is in trouble.

Aftermath of the explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on Aug 4, 2020.
Lisa Hastert
US Foreign Policy

Nuclear Threats 75 Years After Hiroshima

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former deputy secretary of energy Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall and Stanford University’s Scott Sagan examine nuclear weapons today and what Americans can do as arms control regimes falter.

Left: Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima; Right: Atomic Cloud Rises Over Nagasaki US Foreign Policy

Americans Want a Nuclear-Free World

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Today, most Americans don’t want a world with nuclear weapons. According to the 2020 Chicago Council Survey two-thirds of Americans (66%) believe that no country should be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

Atomic bomb dome (Genbaku Dome) in Hiroshima, Japan Public Opinion

US Cuts Troops in Germany, Hong Kong Elections Postponed, Dictators in Trouble

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Karen DeYoung, Nirmal Ghosh, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss US troops in Germany, Hong Kong, US-China tensions, Israel, and much more.

American soldiers at US army base, in front of a sun set.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Why Allies are Key for US Security Today

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

CFR's Mira Rapp-Hooper explains why NATO is still essential for America’s global leadership – but must be remade to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Angela Merkel and Donald Trump face eachother at the NATO Summit.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Alliance of Democracies—from America First to American Led

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Global Insight by Paul Poast

Can an administration that up to this point has been belligerent towards traditional US democratic allies and has rejected many forms of multilateralism be able to turn the page and shift from "America First" to "American Led"?

An American flag waving in wind, across a hazy sky
James Balensiefen
US Foreign Policy

Mike Pompeo Challenges China's Governing Regime

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

The Secretary of State’s approach to Beijing risks confirming its suspicions about U.S. subversion while simultaneously alienating the very Chinese people that he aspires to "engage and empower."

Mike Pompeo Defense and Security

Who's Winning the US-China Tech War?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Adam Segal explains the battles between China and the US over products like Huawei and TikTok, their role in US foreign policy, and why US allies are choosing sides. 

An image of a wall and phone with "TikTok" written on them.
Reuters
Tech and Science

A Group Interview...in the Series, 'Shaking the Global Order'

In the News
Global Summitry
Bruce W. Jentleson

Global affairs experts thought deeply on the questions of the Liberal Order and the consequences to American foreign policy in the Age of Trump.

UN Members' flags - the UN Headquarters, New York
Aotearoa
US Foreign Policy

To Secure His Legacy, Khamenei Is Packing Iran's Government With Young Radicals

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Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

The supreme leader’s youth-washing strategy could keep detente with the United States off the table for years.

Iranian women holding national flags and pictures of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, take part a pro-government demonstration in Tehran on Nov. 25, 2019. US Foreign Policy