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Kashmir Is the 72-Year 'Wound' between India and Pakistan

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Bloomberg's Nisid Hajari and Paul Staniland of the University of Chicago join Deep Dish to discuss how the decision to revoke Kashmir's special autonomy has once again torn open tensions between India and Pakistan.

Demonstrators protest the scrapping of the special constitutional status in Kashmir by the Indian government, outside the Indian High Commission in London
Reuters
Global Politics

Japan-South Korea Feud Threatens Regional Stability and Security

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Alexis Dudden of the University of Connecticut and the Council’s Karl Friedhoff join Deep Dish to discuss the bad blood between Japan and South Korea.

South Korea's Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha meets with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo
Reuters
Defense and Security

In Korea-Japan Dispute, Japanese Public Backs Export Controls

BLOG
Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Relations between Japan and South Korea are in free fall, with the two key US allies in Asia engaged in a steadily escalating economic conflict.

View of the Port of Busan from Busan Tower, South Korea Public Opinion

While the U.S. looks away, Asia stirs with turmoil

In the News
The Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

North Korea is continuing to improve its nuclear capabilities. And political and economic relations between Japan and South Korea are deteriorating rapidly.

South Korean protesters hold up cards calling for a boycott of Japanese products during a rally Global Politics

Why Tunisia Is the Epicenter of Arab Democracy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Sarah Yerkes and Gordon Gray join Deep Dish to discuss why Tunisia is the epicenter of Arab Democracy.

Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui greets supporters from a car during an election campaign event.
Reuters
Global Politics

Does the United Nations Do Anything Useful?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Catherine Bertini and Thomas G. Weiss join Deep Dish to discuss the future of the United Nations and why the United States should lead its renewal.

Flags outside the United Nations
Mat Reding
Global Politics

2020 aspirants should speak to the needs of Midwest families

In the News
The Hill
John Austin

Next week the Democratic presidential candidates will debate here in Detroit, the symbol of the industrial Midwest’s rise, fall and fledgling rebirth.

A photo of a red barn with a t-intersection street sign in the foreground Global Politics

Jared Cohen on Presidential Succession

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

Jared Cohen joins us for this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Screenshot Jared Cohen speaking on-screen Global Politics

Trump and His Advisers are Probably Wrong about What Foreign Policy Americans Want

In the News
The Washington Post
Coauthors

Dina Smeltz and Joshua Busby discuss American public opinion of Trump's foreign policy positions.

Donald J. Trump shakes hands with Kim Jong Un Public Opinion

Commentary: The real threat to liberalism is the US' unwillingness to defend it

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Putin has spent the better part of two decades centralizing his power while actively undermining liberal institutions. But it is the failure of the US and its allies to adequately defend liberalism that is the real threat.

Vladimir Putin US Foreign Policy