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Innovating Forward: Committing to Food and Agriculture

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The Youth in Agriculture podcast examines new innovations required to improve the food system.

Abbie Doane-Simon, of Green City Growers, cultivates produce in a rooftop garden on the third-base side of Fenway Park in Boston.
AP Photos/Elise Amendola
Food and Agriculture

Chicago Must Confront its Conflicted Stance Toward Immigrants

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Chicago Tribune
Valeria G. Castelli

City leaders must promote solidarity between local communities and asylum seekers, who face many of the same challenges as long-term residents, argues Valeria Castelli.

Helping hands sculpture in Chicago in front of a rose bush and lawn.
Jonathan Connolly
Global Cities

The G7 Now Has a Plan for Countering China and Russia

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The G-7 approach has three facets: ignore Russian intimidation, economically decouple from China and court nations throughout the Global South," Paul Poast writes.

World leaders gather around a table at the G-7 summit
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US Foreign Policy

As Henry Kissinger Turns 100, His Hideous Legacy Still Haunts Our Role in the World

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Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"His national security choices helped destabilize and destroy parts of the world that have still not recovered, and many lives in the process," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Henry Kissinger sits at a table
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US Foreign Policy

Closing the Gap: Solving Food Waste to End Hunger in America

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Global Food for Thought by Clayton Elbel

The 2023 Farm Bill presents a watershed moment in solving food loss and waste in the United States.

Aaron Nichols holds rich soil on his farm on March 17, 2023, in the unincorporated community of Helvetia, Oregon.
AP Photos/Andrew Selsky
Food and Agriculture

Making Cyberspace Safe for Democracy

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

How can cyber technologies erode democracy?

Rep. Kat Cammack, questions TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
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Tech and Science

Bratislava Bits: Global (Un)Alignment

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GLOBESEC
Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder speaks with Roger Hilton about alliances, de-dollarization, sanctions, and relations with China at the GLOBSEC Bratislava Forum.

 Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg took part in the GLOBSEC 2023 Forum in Bratislava.
BMEIA/Gruber
US Foreign Policy

Beware China's Salami Tactics in Taiwan

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Politico
Ivo H. Daalder

"An outright invasion is currently the least likely contingency," writes Council President Ivo Daalder for Politico.

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) during a routine patrol in the Taiwan Strait at sunset.
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Defense and Security

Cities for Autocrats and the Future of Urban Spaces

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Global Insight by Abraham Zuraw

Cities have been called bastions of democracy, but authoritarian leaders across the globe are articulating their own visions for the future of urban spaces.

New Egyptian administrative capital.
Youssef Abdelwahab
Global Cities

Partnering with Youth to Inspire Agricultural Innovation

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

The future of agricultural innovation is dependent on young people. How can we motivate them to get engaged?

A Bangladeshi farmer woman separates the husk from the grain during harvest at Saturia village, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
AP Photos/Pavel Rahman
Food and Agriculture