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In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder explores if China’s investment in Africa a debt trap.

A majority of the US public continues to back current military and financial aid to Kyiv, recent polls find.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder talks about why cities are critical to understand our future and to solve the shared problems facing humanity.

In lieu of a new World Review, Ivo Daalder talks with Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about the foreign policy objectives of the United States and China and how these superpowers can prevent competition from sparking a conflict.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.

Ivo Daalder makes three encompassing points about the future of Venezuela, in this episode of #AskIvo.

Will gas flow in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine? Council President Ivo Daalder argues on CNN it is "inconceivable."

Ivo Daalder discusses President Trump's intent to withdraw the United States from NATO.

Two former US ambassadors to NATO join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to explain why it’s a critical time for NATO.

Sarah Yerkes and Gordon Gray join Deep Dish to discuss why Tunisia is the epicenter of Arab Democracy

The world's democracies need a way to fight back against coercive economic actions by authoritarian governments, argue Ivo Daalder and Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

In his first speech as National Security Advisor, Bolton threatened to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, bar them from traveling to the US, and use US courts to prosecute them.

Jamil Anderlini and Ambassador Kurt Tong join Deep Dish to examine what China's new national security law in Hong Kong means for the US-China rivalry.

The presidents of the National Democratic Institute and the International Republican Institute join  Deep Dish  to explain why the United States must promote democracy abroad.

What is behind the recent wave of instability between states on Russia’s southern periphery? Joshua Kucera and Madeleine Reeves discuss.

The Council convened a task force to provide recommendations to advance the goals of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.

New data from the Japan Institute of International Affairs and the Council offer insights on how publics in the United States and Japan view the relationship between their countries.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder looks at three big issues rising to the surface in German politics on the eve of her departure.

Does President Lukashenka's decision to let migrants back over the border into Belarus mean the crisis is over?

Experts James Dobbins and Douglas Lute discuss whether and how an endgame might take shape in America's longest war.

International Crisis Group’s Laurel Miller and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley join Deep Dish to explain what the United States and the world should do to help the Afghan people.

Earl Anthony Wayne, a former US ambassador to Mexico, joins Deep Dish to discuss what can realistically be done about migrants.

Should the United States take a more militarized or diplomatic approach in Taiwan-China relations?

With so much activity around cities in today's world, there is a lot to track. Here are ten trends in 2020 to watch where cities will be particularly influential on the global stage.

The rise of remote work has had a dramatic impact on cities like Chicago, which must play to their strengths in order to compete in this new landscape.

Bronwyn Bruton and Paul D. Williams join Deep Dish this week to explain what the United States is doing in Somalia and why al Shabaab is a target.

In this episode of #AskIvo, Council President Ivo Daalder looks at why Putin’s move to extend his political power should have caught no one by surprise.

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.

Council President and former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder answers a question about the NATO alliance's biggest success and its biggest failure.

This paper provides recommendations for corporate engagement with public policy issues for societal objectives.

The United States will have to take the lead in rebuilding trust and confidence in its security commitments—including the nuclear guarantee.

Is Mexico sliding into authoritarianism?

Young people are the future of agriculture—so why aren't they getting involved?

How has Russia's invasion of Ukraine upended the global food system? Food security experts Ertharin Cousin and Teresa Welsh discuss.

Secretary Blinken’s meeting with Russian Minister Lavrov suggest that there is “at least some possibility of having a diplomatic opening,” Council President Ivo Daalder tells CNN.

After ten months of Biden in office, new public opinion data show Americans support most, but not all, of his foreign policy strategy.