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Do Non-Trump Republicans Diverge with Trump Republicans on Foreign Policy?

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Running Numbers by Jack Benjamin

While Republicans share a similar political worldview overall, Trump and Non-Trump Republicans disagree on key policies for immigration, climate change, and nuclear programs.

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Dispatch From Seoul: City of Transportation Extremes

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Global Insight by Samuel Kling

In October, I visited Seoul with a delegation of Chicago Council Emerging Leaders on a Korea Foundation-funded trip led by Karl Friedhoff, the Council’s Korea specialist.

Metro station in Seoul.
Sebastiaan ter Burg
Global Cities

Biocontrol of the Fall Armyworm: Long-term Resilience for Small-scale Farmers

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Global Food for Thought by Sara Hendery

The fall armyworm is destroying crops throughout Asia and Africa, intensifying the many burdens small-scale farmers are met with every day.

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Millennials Not That into Drones

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

More Americans felt drone strikes against suspected terrorists makes the US safer. However, Millennials were more skeptical, with nearly half saying they make the US less safe.

An MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan
Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt
Defense and Security

Cities, Consumers, and Companies Are the Secret of Sustainability

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Brookings' Anthony F. Pipa and UL's Catherine P. Sheehy join  Deep Dish  to discuss the way forward for cities, the private sector, and SDGs.

Christmas Market at the Trocadéro Gardens in the global city of Paris, France.
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
Global Cities

Exploring the US Navy's Global Role and the Challenge to Remain Supreme

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Global Insight by Matthew Dalton

Do Chicagoans truly understand the role the Navy plays around the world and the increasing challenges it faces?

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US Navy
Defense and Security

Two Midwests, the Old and New

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Quad-City Times
Richard C. Longworth

There are two Midwests now. While the nation was focused on this old Midwest, the new Midwest has taken shape. It’s a Midwest that lives on brains, not brawn. It produces ideas and services, not ingots and autos.

Abandoned facility of defunct Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
Stu Spivack
Global Cities

Back to Baseline: Views of China's Development as a Threat Recede

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Four in ten Americans (38%) see the development of China as a world power as a critical threat, in line with how Americans have felt about China’s development since 2004.

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Britain Sticks With Huawei for 5g — and Jeopardizes the Five Eyes Alliance

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The Johnson government defied Washington and approved the use of Chinese technology as part of its 5G network.

A Huawei sign at a conference.
Matti Blume
Global Economy

Five Things to Know about the US Midwest in 2020

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Global Insight by Richard C. Longworth

The Midwest possesses huge political and economic power in the United States. Richard C. Longworth explains the five things to know about the Midwest in 2020.

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Reuters
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