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Does the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella Still Protect America's Allies?

In the News
Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder

The next president should move swiftly to reassure allies that the U.S. nuclear guarantee remains credible—or risk rapid nuclear proliferation.

Photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency showing North Korea's intermediate-range strategic ballistic missile Hwasong-12 lifting off at an undisclosed location near Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2017
AFP PHOTO
US Foreign Policy

Will the US Return to Global Stage or Pull Further Inward?

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

US presidential elections rarely turn on voters' views on foreign policy. Domestic issues such as the economy and health care, including the coronavirus pandemic this year, are almost always seen as more important by voters.

A woman and her granddaughter visit an early voting site at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center in Chicago on Nov. 1, 2020
Chicago Tribune
US Foreign Policy

Trump and Biden Voters Deeply Divided on Foreign Policy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Polling experts examine how public opinion of foreign policy matches up with the candidates on this episode of Deep Dish.

An image of President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden on the debate stage.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Democrats and Republicans Miles Apart on Threat of Climate Change

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Running Numbers by Charlie Rahr

The 54-percentage-point gap between Democrat and Republican views on climate change is the largest in the 2020 Chicago Council Survey.

Smoke stacks at a factory release smoke into a gray sky.
Patrick Hendry
Public Opinion

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

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

Podcast
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

Five Deep Dish Episodes to Explain the World Right Now

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Global Insight by Brian Hanson

Deep Dish host Brian Hanson shares five recent episodes that help explain what’s happening in our world today and why these issues are so important.

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Davide Cantelli
US Foreign Policy

World Review: US-China Tech Decoupling, UNGA, Iran Sanctions

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Nirmal Ghosh, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the United Nations, Iran, US-China relations, and Taiwan.

President Trump speaking at the United Nations General Assembly
The White House
US Foreign Policy

Ivo Daalder On How Republicans And Democrats Diverge On Foreign Policy

In the News
The Big Picture with Olivier Knox
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder, President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, on The Big Picture with Olivier Knox.

American flags wave in a blue sky Public Opinion

Most Americans want more global engagement

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Chicago Tribune
Coauthors

Rather than moving to cut ties with the rest of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, majorities of Americans continue to prefer active U.S. engagement and shared leadership in world affairs.

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally Sept. 21, 2020, at Dayton International Airport in Ohio. Public Opinion