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Why National Security Advisor Is the Hardest Post for Trump to Fill

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Foreign Affairs
Ivo H. Daalder

In less than three years, President Trump has had three national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a respected general, and an ideologue with strong views apparently consonant with his own. All ultimately failed.

John Bolton Defense and Security

The Kinship of Farmers: We're All in This Together

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

In this series, Agri-Pulse and the Council have partnered to explore how the US agriculture and food sector can advance food security.

Two tractors harvesting a field
Johny Goerend
Food and Agriculture

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

John Gans on the National Security Council

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Wait Just a Minute

University of Pennsylvania's John Gans joins us for this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Screenshot of John Gans speaking on-screen Defense and Security

Will Ambassador Subnat Go to Washington?

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

The proposed "City and State Diplomacy Act" would establish an ambassador for subnational engagements by state and municipal governments.

US Capital building at night Global Cities

Jared Cohen on Presidential Succession

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Wait Just a Minute

Jared Cohen joins us for this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Screenshot Jared Cohen speaking on-screen Global Politics

Commentary: The real threat to liberalism is the US' unwillingness to defend it

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Putin has spent the better part of two decades centralizing his power while actively undermining liberal institutions. But it is the failure of the US and its allies to adequately defend liberalism that is the real threat.

Vladimir Putin US Foreign Policy

Mind the Knowledge Gaps: What Global Conferences Bring to Light

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

Convenings of experts call attention to that which scientists and policymakers don’t know. These "knowledge gaps," it turns out, are especially prevalent in the urban domain.

Mind the Knowledge Gaps: What Global Conferences Bring to Light Global Cities

When Trump Meets With World Leaders, He Won't Be the Only One Thinking About 2020

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The New York Times
Ivo H. Daalder

By the time of this week’s Democratic presidential debate, President Trump should be ensconced in meetings with counterparts at an international summit gathering in Osaka, Japan.

President Trump in the Oval Office US Foreign Policy

Commentary: With US-Iran tensions rising, is diplomacy still even an option?

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The only question now is how this ends—in war, new negotiations or one side backing down.

Protesters demonstrate on June 19, 2019 at a briefing on Capitol Hill by Brian Hook, the State Department's special representative on Iran. US Foreign Policy