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History Continues Unabated between Japan and South Korea

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

People in both Japan and South Korea agree on the primary issues that need to be resolved in order to improve the relationship.

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NASA
Public Opinion

Seven Examples Where Partisan Divisions on Foreign Policy Widened in 2018

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Partisanship has become a major factor in foreign policy attitudes in Chicago Council Surveys; not so long-ago opinions on foreign policy seemed immune to partisan impulses.

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NATO
Public Opinion

Will the Never-Ending War in Afghanistan Ever End?

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The war in Afghanistan has lasted more than 17 years, and the overall situation has improved little over those years.

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division gather their equipment before boarding a CH-47F Chinook in the Nawa Valley, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.
US Army
Defense and Security

Chinese Cyber Attacks and Industrial Espionage

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Lesley Carhart and Adam Segal join Brian Hanson to discuss international cyber space.

A map of China is seen through a magnifying glass on a computer screen showing binary digits
Reuters
Defense and Security

New York Times' David Sanger on Cyberattacks

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Wait Just a Minute

New York Times national security correspondent David Sanger takes a minute to answer questions about cyberattacks and why they have become the new weapon of choice for foreign adversaries.

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2018: Year in Chicago Council Surveys

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

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Lucas Sankey
Public Opinion

The War in Yemen

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Gregory Johnsen and Brian Hanson discuss US involvement in Yemen.

Boys demonstrate outside the offices of the United Nations in Sanaa, Yemen to denounce last weeks air strike that killed dozens including children in the northwestern province of Saada
Reuters
Defense and Security

The Russia-Ukraine Clash Reveals Putin's Mediterranean Strategy

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Tony Chavez, and Council President Ivo Daalder join Brian Hanson to discuss the Russia-Ukraine dispute

Vladimir Putin talks to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak and head of the Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit as they inspect a transport passage across the Kerch Strait.
Reuters
Defense and Security

Global Cities in the International System: A New Era of Governance

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Global Insight by Simon Curtis

Global cities are the best candidates to form novel transnational political assemblages that can scale up to the level of global challenges.

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Louie Martinez
Global Cities

It's Time for Cities to Flex Their Soft Power

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Global Insight by Robert Muggah

Our international affairs are still being determined by nation-states, however, the imbalance between cities and nation-states is no longer acceptable.

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Andre Benz
Global Cities