Trump's Dream of Space Force Moves One Step Closer to Reality

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WTTW
Cécile Shea

President Donald Trump's dream of establishing a United States Space Force moved one step closer to reality Thursday with the creation of the U.S. Space Command.

President Donald Trump watches with Vice President Mike Pence and Defense Secretary Mark Esper as the flag for U.S. Space Command is unfurled Defense and Security

Mexicans Have Distinctive Views of Trump and of the United States

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Running Numbers by Leena Kim

Although US President Donald Trump is quite unpopular in Mexico, Mexican views of the US-Mexico relationship are not as negative as their views of Trump.

US President Donald Trump speaking in Phoenix, Arizona.
Gage Skidmore
Public Opinion

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

Global cities begin to shrink as inner areas empty out

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Financial Times
Richard C. Longworth

Populations of Paris and New York City decline while immigration sustains London.

Global Cities

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

Institutional Change and an Intersectional Approach to Supporting Women in Science

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Global Food for Thought by Katelyn Jones

Ensuring women's access to information, training, and technology can ensure land and resources alike are used more sustainably.

A female farmer plants transplants at a farm in Pennsylvania
Zoe Schaeffer
Women and Girls

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

The Next Battleground in Trump's Trade War: Vietnam

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The Diplomat
Alexander Hitch

Vietnam is likely the Trump administration’s next trade target. But the calculus differs in key ways from China.

Global Economy

Expressing Appreciation and Announcing a Transition

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Global Food for Thought by Alesha Miller

After nearly four years at the Council, Alesha Miller, Center on Global Food and Agriculture managing director, steps down.

The conference center at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Food and Agriculture

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