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Iran's Retaliation Against the US Is Not One and Done

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

In retaliation for the killing of Iranian commander Soleimani, Iran fired a dozen missiles on two US bases in Iraq. Kelly Magsamen argues killing Soleimani may have been Trump’s most consequential foreign policy decision.

A protest against the assassination of Qasem Soleimani in Tehran
Reuters
Defense and Security

People Around the World Will Demand Change in 2020. Will Global Leaders Be up to the Challenge?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

We enter the ’20s at a time when American power and influence continues to wane, China’s is increasing and people all around the world are making clear that their voices need to be heard.

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people gathered on the streets in Causeway Bay to march.
Voice of America
Global Politics

Boris Johnson is Getting Brexit Done. But Then What?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The United Kingdom will now leave the European Union on Jan. 31, as scheduled. But it leaves open critical issues that will determine Britain's future.

Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
David Sedlecký
Global Politics

Japanese Public Glad to See GSOMIA Stay In Place

BLOG
Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

We explore the tensions between two key US allies in Asia—Japan and South Korea—and what happened in 2019 that led the countries here.

South Korean president Moon Jae-in
Korean Culture & Information Service
Global Politics

NATO at 70: Cracks in Alliance Are Significant

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Council President and former ambassador Ivo Daalder address three threats to NATO and ways to ensure the organization sees its 80th birthday.

Former ambassadors gather for the 70th anniversary of NATO Global Politics

Remember the Iron Curtain? 30 Years Later, Central Europe Is Still Adjusting

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the countries of Eastern Europe remain free and independent. The bliss itself is long gone.

Berlin Wall Global Politics

Why Does US Diplomacy Require All These ... People?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

People and process matter in foreign policy. They are essential to effective decision-making and even more to the effective implementation of the decisions that have been made.

National flags outside of the United Nations. Global Politics

Ukraine's Zelenskyy Is Dealing with More Than the Impeachment Inquiry

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Melinda Haring of the Eurasia Center at the Atlantic Council and Joanna Rohozinska from the National Endowment for Democracy join Deep Dish to discuss the latest in Europe.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, and President Trump
White House
Global Politics

Kathryn Koob Reflects on the Anniversary of the US Embassy Hostage Crisis

Video Series
Wait Just a Minute

Former American Embassy employee Kathryn Koob answers a minute of questions about Tehran in 1979 in this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Former US embassy in Tehran, via Wikimedia Commons
Ninara
Global Politics

Myanmar Accused of Genocide against Rohingya at UN Court

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Historian Thant Myint-U, author of The Hidden History of Burma, joins Deep Dish to discuss Burma’s recent struggles with race, capitalism, and democracy, as well as the consequences for Southeast Asia.

Mothers and their children at a center for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Peter Biro
Global Politics