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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

Sudan Could Be 'Worse Than the Syrian Civil War'

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Former US envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, joins Deep Dish to explain what is going on in Sudan and why it matters.

Sudanese soldiers stand guard around armored military vehicles as demonstrators continue their protest against the regime near the army headquarters in Khartoum.
Agence France-Presse
Defense and Security

What China Really Wants at Home and Abroad

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Jessica Chen Weiss, author of an intriguing new essay in Foreign Affairs, and Ali Wyne of the RAND Corporation join Deep Dish to discuss China’s vulnerabilities, including the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.

Two million people gathered to protest in Hong Kong
Mason Yim
Global Politics

Can a New Prime Minister in the UK Make Brexit Work?

Video Series
#AskIvo

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder answers a question about whether the next UK prime minister will fare any better dealing with Brexit.

A Union Jack flag waving in front of British Parliament.
Reuters
Global Politics

To Understand American Political Anger, Look to 'Peripheral France'

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CityLab
Ian Klaus

French geographer Christophe Guilluy has a controversial diagnosis of working-class resentment in the age of Trump, Brexit, and the Yellow Vests.

A person wearing a fluorescent yellow vest walks through smoke carrying a flag Global Politics

Why the world's mayors are stepping up on global issues

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Mainstream political parties on both the right and the left are scrambling to capture the momentum and accommodate what they see as a profoundly nationalist moment in global politics.

Beijing Mayor Chen Jining during the "1,000-Days-to-Go" countdown ceremony at Olympic Park in China. Global Politics

The Rise and Fall of US Tariffs on Canada

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Bruce Heyman and Phil Levy discuss the week's global political events.

The Canadian and American flags
Patrick Hodskins
Global Politics

What Happens When a Billion Indians Finally Get Online?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ravi Agrawal, author of India Connected, joins Deep Dish to explain how the smartphone is transforming the world's largest democracy.

Theresa May, left, and President Donald Trump
Shealah Craighead
Global Politics