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Hong Kong's Young and Old Are Split Over Who is to Blame

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

A recent survey among Hong Kong residents shows that they're dissatisfied with the actions of the police and support an independent investigation into the protest's origins and potential police abuse.

Two million people gathered to protest in Hong Kong
Mason Yim
Public Opinion

Sinking Jakarta Is a Test Case for Climate Retreat

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Tom Pepinsky  of Cornell University and the Brookings Institution joins  Deep Dish  to discuss the overcrowded capital city Jakarta’s sinking.

Passengers of a boat walk through rising sea water during high tide at Kali Adem port in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Trump's Interest in Buying Greenland Seemed Like a Joke. Then It Got Ugly.

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The New York Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The president of the United States on Wednesday attacked the prime minister of Denmark because she will not sell him Greenland—and found the very notion "absurd."

Mette Frederiksen, the prime minister of Denmark, rejected President Trump’s interest in purchasing Greenland. Global Politics

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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