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US Grand Strategy in a Fractured World

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Colin Kahl and Tom Wright join Leslie Vinjamuri on Deep Dish to unpack US strategy shifts.

President Donald Trump speaks standing between Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a press conference at the NATO Summit on June 25, 2025.
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Global Politics

Trump Expresses Frustration with Putin over Ukraine

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BBC News
Leslie Vinjamuri

"Clearly we've come a huge way since that very difficult meeting—to put it lightly—between Zelenskyy and Trump in the Oval Office many months ago," Leslie Vinjamuri says.

Leslie Vinjamuri is interviewed on BBC US Foreign Policy

Markets React to Trump's New Tariff Deadline

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Bloomberg
Leslie Vinjamuri

Leslie Vinjamuri joins the Bloomberg Surveillance podcast to discuss the Trump administration's priorities on the world stage.

President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House
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Global Economy

Why Is the G20 Crucial to US Global Leadership?

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US Chamber of Commerce
Leslie Vinjamuri

"it takes a lot of cooperation to stabilize a global economy and to move forward on key issues which I think the US has a genuine interest in," Leslie Vinjamuri explains.

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks with Jay Sapsford via video US Foreign Policy

How Trump’s Latest Tariffs Could Affect Chicagoans

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WBEZ
Cécile Shea

"It's going to hit in ways small and large all across the board. Almost everything that you buy is going to be affected," Cécile Shea says.

Cranes unload shipping containers from trucks at Jakarta International Container Terminal in Indonesia
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Global Economy

Donald Trump Will Be Remembered as a Great Leader—But Not a Good One

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Chicago Tribune
Richard C. Longworth

"Trump is making history by the day, and we need to understand where he fits in this history," Richard Longworth writes.

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives on Air Force One
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US Foreign Policy

Why Don’t the Iranian People Rise Up?

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Foreign Policy
Saeid Golkar

"The regime has invested in creating an extensive suppressive apparatus across Iran, at every level of society," Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

Iranians walk under a mural of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini
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Global Politics

Beyond the Ceasefire: Iran’s Future, America’s Role, and What's Next

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Vali Nasr and Suzanne Maloney join Leslie Vinjamuri on Deep Dish to discuss the Iran-Israel conflict.

Iranian worshippers walk past a mural showing the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, right, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, and Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran on April 19, 2024.
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Global Politics

New President of Chicago Council on Global Affairs Discusses Mission

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WGN News
Leslie Vinjamuri

"People understand the conversation in Washington is often very stuck in a very divided context," Leslie Vinjamuri says. "They're trying to understand a broader perspective, and we bring that."

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks with WGN's Micah Materre US Foreign Policy

The Differences Between Iraq in 2003 and Iran in 2025 Matter, Too

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World Politics Review
Daniel W. Drezner

"Even if Operation Midnight Hammer proves to be a failure, it will be a more modest and less costly failure than Operation Iraqi Freedom," Daniel Drezner writes.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks as an image of President Donald Trump in the Situation Room of the White House is shown on a monitor as he authorized strikes that hit nuclear sites in Iran
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