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Kim Jong-un Rumors

In the News
WGN Radio
Karl Friedhoff

Friedhoff discusses the health of Kim Jong-un, the possibilities and rumors and how they could all play out with Dean Richards' Sunday Morning

Portrait of Kim Jong-Un Global Politics

US-Iran Tensions Escalate Amid COVID-19

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Brookings' Suzanne Maloney and the German Marshall Fund's Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to examine tensions between the United States and Iran and the future of the US-Iran standoff.

Iranian ships harass US Navy
Reuters
Global Health

Who Failed in the Coronavirus Response? A Look at the Timeline

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

There is little doubt that the WHO was slow in responding to the danger represented by the emergence of a potentially new virus in China and that it was too willing to accept Beijing’s statements of what was happening. It should have known better.

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence and members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, delivers remarks at a coronavirus update briefing Monday, March 16, 2020,
The White House
Global Politics

Special Edition: COVID-19 Lessons from New Zealand

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Axios' Rebecca Falconer joins this special edition of Deep Dish to explain New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s COVID-19 response and how the government’s actions might influence the upcoming general election in September.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Reuters
Global Health

WHO Funding Cut, OPEC+ Deal, US vs China

Video Series
World Review with Ivo Daalder

Steven Erlanger of the New York Times, Financial Times' Edward Luce, and CUNY's Carla Anne Robbins joined Council President Ivo Daalder to share their perspectives on emerging global stories.

A train carrying many cars of oil containers
Russ Allison Loar
Global Health

A Plea for Multilateralism From the Windy City

In the News
PassBlue
Thomas G. Weiss

This essay is part of a series of people working in international affairs relating their experiences during the pandemic from across the globe.

View of Chicago from Willis Tower
Andrew Horne
Global Cities

Putin Keeps Experts Guessing about His Post-2024 Plans

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

As the end of Putin's presidential term limits draw closer, many international observers wonder what Russia's leadership will look like after 2024.

Vladimir Putin
Herman Van Rompuy
Global Politics

By Mobilizing to Fight Coronavirus, the IRGC Is Marginalizing the Government

In the News
The Washington Institute
Saeid Golkar

From establishing new provincial headquarters to deploying hundreds of thousands of troops and militia personnel on emergency duty, the Guards are seemingly using the crisis as an opportunity to expand their power at the local level.

The microscopic view of the virus which causes Coronavirus disease.
NIAID
Global Health

The Demise of Democracy in Hungary

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Princeton University's Kim Scheppele joins Deep Dish to explain why the failure of one democracy should matter to every democracy.

Viktor Orbán speaking at a podium in front of flags.
Elekes Andor
Global Politics

The Magnifier: Outlook for April 15th General Election

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The Magnifier
Karl Friedhoff

Council expert Karl Friedhoff is a guest on The Magnifier Podcast.

Global Politics