August 22, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Karl Friedhoff, Dannel Malloy, Download Report (PDF), A recent Council Survey finds that the American public considers international terrorism to be the most critical threat facing the nation., Both presidential candidates have sp...

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Affairs’ 2018 Global Health and Development Symposium. ... Participants noted that in the contemporary socio-political context, diversity ... feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics

Ryan Crocker, who served as the US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon, joins Deep Dish to discuss America’s relationship with Iran and Iraq.

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China, the US, and the EU are all seeking to influence urban spaces beyond their borders as infrastructure becomes critical to great power competition.