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Expert Phillip Alpers joins a special live edition of Deep Dish to discuss global solutions to the American epidemic of gun violence.

US politics, public opinion, and global implications.

America's diplomats are still critical for US foreign policy, but the foreign service must become more flexible to engage the next generation and solve today's problems, our guests argue. What would change look like?

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.

A decade ago this week, South Sudan declared independence. But the hope and optimism of statehood quickly evaporated—just like international attention and support.

Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and Wilson Center’s Lucian Kim explain how Russia’s setbacks in Ukraine have exposed flaws in its claims to be a great power.

International Crisis Group’s Laurel Miller and former US Ambassador to Afghanistan P. Michael McKinley join Deep Dish to explain what the United States and the world should do to help the Afghan people.

Jamil Anderlini and Ambassador Kurt Tong join Deep Dish to examine what China's new national security law in Hong Kong means for the US-China rivalry.

Council President and former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder answers a question about the NATO alliance's biggest success and its biggest failure.

We explore how the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya forever changed the way the US government protects its representatives abroad.

Brian Hanson talks with Penny Abeywardena and Henri-Paul Normandin about cities' diplomatic agendas.

In lieu of a new World Review, Ivo Daalder talks with Catherine Ashton, Robert Kagan, and Kishore Mahbubani about Russia and China’s efforts to counter US power.

Council President Ivo Daalder examines NATO's future in testimony for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe.

Cameron Munter and Tanvi Madan join the Council’s Deep Dish podcast to explain what you need to know about the ongoing crisis between India and Pakistan.

Karen DeYoung, Steve Erlanger, and Gideon Rachman join Ivo Daalder to discuss the latest headlines on Ukraine.

Bobby Ghosh, Steve Erlanger, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bobby Ghosh, Gideon Rachman, and Susan Glasser join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Anton La Guardia, Catherine Philp, and Yaroslav Trofimov join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Earl Anthony Wayne, a former US ambassador to Mexico, joins Deep Dish to discuss what can realistically be done about migrants.

James Harding, Matt Kaminski, and Anna Sauerbrey join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bruce Heyman and Phil Levy discuss the week's global political events.

Does President Lukashenka's decision to let migrants back over the border into Belarus mean the crisis is over?

Deborah Amos, Karen DeYoung, Steve Erlanger join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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

Ryan Heath and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Ravi Agrawal, Susan Glasser, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Deborah Amos, and Yaroslav Trofimov join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Robert Ford and Tamara Cofman Wittes join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to dissect the Trump administration’s withdrawal from Syria.

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

What role should the United States play in the Middle East after leaving Afghanistan?

Karen DeYoung, Steven Erlanger, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Laura Barrón-López, Catherine Philp, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Roger Cohen, Bobby Ghosh, Anton La Guardia join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Carla Anne Robbins, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Nirmal Ghosh, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Deborah Amos, Jamil Anderlini, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Jamil Anderlini, Ryan Heath, and Elise Labott join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Bobby Ghosh, Nahal Toosi, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Steven Erlanger, Prashant Rao, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Deborah Amos, Steve Erlanger, and Gideon Rachman join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Susan Glasser, Gideon Rachman, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Ryan Crocker, who served as a US ambassador, joins Deep Dish to discuss America’s relationship with Iran and Iraq.

Susan Glasser, Stefan Kornelius, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Deborah Amos, Jamil Anderlini, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Deborah Amos, Nirmal Ghosh, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Ravi Agrawal, Steven Erlanger and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Steven Erlanger, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Will gas flow in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine? Council President Ivo Daalder argues on CNN it is "inconceivable."

Jamil Anderlini, Bobby Ghosh, and Susan Glasser join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.