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Stephen Walt's Guide to Realism

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Harvard University's Stephen M. Walt joins Deep Dish to explain America's foreign policy failures since the end of the Cold War.

Firdos Square in Baghdad
Larisa Epatko
US Foreign Policy

The 'Doom Loop' Potential of Italy's Eurozone Clash

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Isabelle Mateos y Lago and Adam Tooze join Brian Hanson to discuss top global economy news stories of the week.

A vegetable stand with prices written in Italian at a market
Bertrand Borie
Global Economy

Confidence in Congress Low

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

Results from the 2018 Chicago Council Survey indicate that trust in American political institutions is extremely low—especially so for congress.

Aerial view of US Congress US Foreign Policy

Political Polarization the Critical Threat to US, Foreign Policy Experts Say

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The Hill
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Dina Smeltz and Joshua Busby discuss how political polarization poses an extreme threat to the United States.

Atlanta, GA
Maria Oswalt
Public Opinion

What a World Without US Leadership Looks Like

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay discuss their new book "The Empty Throne: America’s Abdication of Global Leadership"—a revealing look at Trump’s foreign policy.

An exterior view of the US White House
Diego Cambiaso
Global Politics

Germany Accelerates Change in Its "Rust Belt"

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Global Insight by John Austin

Both the United States and Germany are seeing evolving economies in their respective "rust belts," formerly robust engines of the industrial era.

German factory.
Moritz Ludtke
Global Cities

Brazil's Bolsonaro Is No Tropical Trump

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Latin American political expert Pete Schechter joins Deep Dish to discuss the differences between far-right populism in Brazil and the U.S.

Jair Bolsonaro speaking onstage during a forum in Brazil
Reuters
Global Politics

Does the Future of the WTO Hang in the Balance in Ottawa?

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Global Insight by Alexander Hitch

For decades, the United States has been the driving force pushing for new rules to govern world trade. What if the other major countries of the world assumed that mantle in our absence? It’s happening.

Bills of various currency from around the world are pictured in a stack
Jéan Béller
Global Economy

Chicago's New Regional Plan: Big Talk, Smaller Walk

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Global Insight by Samuel Kling

The product of a three-year effort, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's On to 2050 plan stresses big ideas but tells a more modest story.

Chicago Bean
Christopher Alvarenga
Global Cities

Iran, Russia, and China, the Triple-Axis

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Authors Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to discuss the relationship between Iran, Russia, and China.

The Chamran Highway, Tehran, Iran, with the skyline in the background
Arman Taherian
Global Politics