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The False Promise of Regime Change in the Middle East

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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

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

Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Could Drag in Russia and Turkey

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The New York Times’ Andrew Kramer and Chatham House’s Laurence Broers join Deep Dish to examine the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

A bomb going off in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.
Reuters
Global Politics

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.

Blurred motion of a street in New York City at night
Davide Cantelli
US Foreign Policy

The Inconvenient Truth about Taiwan's Place in the World

In the News
The National Interest
Paul Heer

Beijing is not in fact looking for excuses or an opportunity to attack its neighbor, Taipei: it is looking for reasons not to do so.

A person wearing a surgical face mask and a military helment. Defense and Security

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

Israel-UAE Peace Agreement, US Election Interference, Belarus

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ivo Daalder talked with leading global media reporters about the peace agreement between Israel and UAE, the 2020 election, Belarus, and why Turkey is a problem for NATO.

People holding flags gather to protest elections in Belarus
Jana Shnipelson
Global Politics

Column: Brent Scowcroft, the model national security adviser

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The Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Few people have had a greater impact on U.S. national security affairs over the last 40 years than Brent Scowcroft, who died last week at age 95.

President George H. W. Bush receives his morning briefing from national security adviser Brent Scowcroft while on vacation in Kennebunkport, Maine. Defense and Security

Nuclear Threats 75 Years After Hiroshima

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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