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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Public Opinion

There Was No Biden Doctrine. That's the Point

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Far from being an idealist driven to spread democracy, commerce, protection of human rights or some other value, Biden is a practitioner of realpolitik," Paul Poast argues.

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US Foreign Policy

US-Russia Prisoner Swap, Israel Strikes Iran and Lebanon, Venezuela's Election Fallout

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Bobby Ghosh, James Harding, and Carla Anne Robbins join guest host Deborah Amos to discuss the week's top news stories.

US-Russia Prisoner Swap
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Global Politics

More Americans Call Volume of Immigrants a 'Critical Threat,' Poll Finds

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Washington Post
Craig Kafura

Council polling finds support for Trump’s border wall and use of troops, but wide opposition to his mass-deportation proposal.

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Public Opinion

US Global Leadership Is Losing Ground at Home

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World Politics Review
Candace Rondeaux

Candace Rondeaux uses Council-New America data to analyze what demographic shifts might mean for the future of US foreign policy.

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US Foreign Policy