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Heading toward War? Reevaluating Taiwan’s Status Quo

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Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
Paul Heer

Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer joins an expert panel to discuss the underlying forces that will determine whether the Taiwan situation moves toward conflict or stability.

Paul Heer speaks via a Zoom call US Foreign Policy

Ukraine's Shock Incursion, Gaza Ceasefire, Disinformation Threats

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Ravi Agrawal, Stefan Kornelius, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Ukrainian tanks entering Russia’s Kursk region
Evgeniy Maloletka / AP
Global Politics

In Ukraine and Gaza, a Wider War Is Getting Less Likely, Not More

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"If the belligerents wanted a wider war, they would have already started one," Paul Poast argues.

Ukrainian soldiers fire toward Russian position on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region
Efrem Lukatsky / AP
Global Politics

Chicago's foreign consulates prepare for the DNC

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ChicagoGlobal by AJ Caughey

It's not only Americans who go to the RNC and DNC. Here, two consulates tell us what motivates them to attend these surprisingly global events.

A banner for the DNC 2024 outside of  the United Center entrance
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
Global Politics

Academic IR Can't Save the World, but It's a Good Place to Start

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Solutions to global challenges require addressing the underlying political, societal, economic and behavioral factors driving them, Paul Poast writes.

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US Foreign Policy

Gearing up for one of Chicago's most important conventions — and it's not the DNC

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ChicagoGlobal by H. Lee Murphy

Organizers share what's in store for the International Manufacturing Technology Show, held every other year in late summer and draws more than 100,000 visitors worldwide.

Exterior view of McCormick Place conference center
Costar Group
Tech and Science

UK Riots, Bangladesh Crisis, Escalation in the Middle East

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Anton La Guardia, David Luhnow, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Protestors in Britain
Alberto Pezzali / AP
Global Politics

How Chicago could be a key player in the global blue economy

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ChicagoGlobal by Jack Benjamin

As the climate crisis grows, the business of water is increasingly important — and the lakefront city of Chicago could be one of its most valuable global leaders.

A person swims in Lake Michigan with the Chicago skyline in the background
Erin Hooley / AP
Global Economy

Poll: Most Americans Don't Want to Send Troops to Defend Israel

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Responsible Statecraft
Dina Smeltz

Council polling finds the lowest level of support in recent years—from both political parties

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meet at the Pentagon
Susan Walsh / AP
Public Opinion

Most Americans Oppose Sending US Troops to Defend Israel, Poll Finds

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Washington Post
Dina Smeltz

Support for such a move has fallen to the lowest level in more than a decade of Council surveys.

American and Israeli flags
Julia Nikhinson / AP
Public Opinion