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Diplomacy in the Air on Korean Peninsula

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

Recent summits between Korean and American leaders may determine whether diplomacy or military confrontation will prevail in engaging North Korea.

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Will Erdogan or NATO Survive Longer in Turkey?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Steven A. Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations and Mustafa Akyol of the Cato Institute join the Deep Dish podcast this week to explain crucial developments in Turkey.

Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan, President of Turkey
Russian Presidential Office
Defense and Security

To grow Chicago, Lightfoot must keep city on a global stage

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Missing from Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot's agenda is any mention of a global strategy for Chicago. The city needs one.

Lori Lightfoot Global Cities

What Lori Lightfoot Can Do About The City's Parking Meter Deal

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WBEZ
Samuel Kling

Transportation and urban planning expert Sam Kling joins the Morning Shift to share his recommendations for how the incoming Lightfoot administration can change the parking meter deal.

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Ertharin Cousin on Outbreaks, Pandemics, and Epidemics

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Wait Just a Minute

In this episode of Wait Just a Minute, Council distinguished fellow Ertharin Cousin explains the difference between outbreaks, pandemics, and epidemics.

A screenshot of Ertharin Cousin's Wait Just a Minute Interview. Global Health

How Gender Bias Hampers Counter-Terrorism

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Global Insight by Katelyn Jones

Hoda Muthana's and Shamima Begum's requests to return to their home countries after joining ISIS have put women’s roles in terrorism at the center of popular news and conversations about violent extremism.

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Reuters
Women and Girls

Agricultural Innovation Can Feed the Planet, But It Needs Policy Support

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Global Food for Thought by Julia Whiting

As technology expands what is possible in our food system, inefficiencies can arise and make it difficult for policy to change as rapidly as our technology does.

Research technicians working in a  plant breeding centre in Canada
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Food and Agriculture

Elite-Public Gap on China May be Decreasing

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

New data from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs suggests the difference in opinion between the public and the White House is beginning to narrow on the perceived threat of China.

People walk through the rain on a a busy street in China.
Nuno Alberto
Public Opinion

Amb. Dennis Ross on Trump's Golan Heights Decision

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ambassador Dennis Ross, who led the Israeli-Palestinian peace process for 12 years and served in senior political positions under Presidents Carter, Reagan, H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Obama, joined this week's Deep Dish podcast.

The Golan Heights' border with Syria proper. Defense and Security

That parking meter deal is still haunting Chicago. Here's one fix Lightfoot can make.

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Chicago Tribune
Samuel Kling

The meter deal requires the city to maintain a vast, costly supply of on-street parking in central areas, even as demand for such parking progressively weakens.

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