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Council President Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, shares his perspective.

Elizabeth Shackelford joins WGN 9 to explain why it's the right time for the United States to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of conflict.

The Council's Cécile Shea joins WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" to explain why she believes Afghanistan's collapse was inevitable—and what could happen next.

The Council's Elizabeth Shackelford explains how a new bipartisan bill could renew Congressional war powers and reign in presidential power to engage the United States in conflict.

Inside Russia, Putin is tightly controlling the narrative around his war in Ukraine. But externally, Russia's disinformation prowess is faltering. Here's why.

The Council's Lizzy Shackelford joins Fox 32 Chicago to analyze the Taliban's Afghanistan takeover and US foreign policy lessons from America's longest war.

The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung, The New York Times' Carol Giacomo, and Süddeutsche Zeitung's Stefan Kornelius join Brian Hanson to discuss global news.

Check out our round up of the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development!

How can the US confront human rights abuses in China, without robbing athletes of the opportunity to compete on the world stage?

Winning hearts and minds doesn't defeat insurgent groups, author Jacqueline Hazelton argues. So why does the United States still rely on counterinsurgency?

Check out our round up of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development!

Get ready to meet Brian Hanson and Lizzy Shackelford – the voices behind Deep Dish.

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

A joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Analytical Center survey shows few Russians or Americans expect great changes to US-Russia ties now or in the next 10 years, although both publics see the merits of collaboration.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores how the American public seems to be of two minds when it comes to military involvement in Afghanistan.

"You cannot build good foreign policy on dishonesty. But we keep trying to because no one pays for it," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

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.

Twenty years after the war began, the United States' forces will officially leave Afghanistan on September 11, 2021. What's the argument to leave and why has it taken so long?

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

Elizabeth Shackelford explains why it's time for Congress to reassert limitations on our use of war.

America’s unconditional security sector assistance has helped facilitate Ethiopia’s violent responses to opposition.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

Americans want to play an active part in world affairs but are reassessing their foreign policy priorities and how they want to engage with the world.

If left unmitigated, hunger- and climate change-induced suffering in both Afghanistan and Haiti will likely exacerbate current political instability and conflict.

The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.

Experts Laurel Miller and Andrew Watkins join Deep Dish to unpack Afghanistan’s economic collapse.

Unlike their elders, young Americans don’t buy into US exceptionalism and are divided on whether the United States should play an active role or stay out of world affairs.

Stefan Kornelius, Catherine Philp, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

But Republicans and Democrats are sharply divided when it comes to immigration levels.