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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

In the News
The Magnifier
Karl Friedhoff

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

Global Politics

How Brexit Could Impact Chicago And The Midwest

In the News
WBEZ
Cécile Shea

Brexit became official on Friday. Reset takes a look at what the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union might mean for Chicago and the Midwest.

Brexit signs seem outside of Westminster, London.
John Cameron
Global Economy

President Moon Jae-In Handled the Coronavirus Well, but Can He Win South Korea's April Elections?

In the News
National Interest
Karl Friedhoff

If this election is indeed to be a referendum on Mr. Moon’s leadership, he enters that test at his strongest point in sixteen months.

Moon Jae-in takes the presidential oath at the National Assembly, May 10, 2017. Global Politics

A Future for the European Union After the Pandemic?

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Global Insight by Karin Larson

With the loss of Angela Merkel, will the EU survive COVID-19, which is yet another institutional and existential blow? ​

Flag of European Union on top of German Reichstag
Christian Lue
Global Politics

What the US Can Learn from the Global Responses to COVID-19

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

POLITICO’s Ryan Heath joins Deep Dish to explains the lessons the United States can learn from countries around that world in the effort to contain COVID-19.

Colorful double exposure of US Coronavirus COVID-19 cases
Brian McGowan
Global Health

The COVID Wake-Up Call

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Project Syndicate
Robert Muggah

If the international community does not respond to the coronavirus pandemic by creating new global structures to deal with such outbreaks in the future, it will be guilty of criminal neglect.

Coronavirus cases in the United States mapped out. Global Health

Midwestern Voters Aren't Ready for Revolution

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Global Insight by Richard C. Longworth

Where once there was one Midwest, rising and falling with the industrial era, there are now two Midwests, marching to different economic drummers.

View of the exterior of a factory in the midwest
Lucas Ludwig
Global Politics

Ivory Tower Democrat Voters Will Miss Elizabeth Warren

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Council survey data shows that support for Elizabeth Warren for president did not expand to working-class people, which was likely her downfall. 

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speaking with attendees at the 2019 National Forum on Wages and Working People
Gage Skidmore
Global Politics