The International Rescue Committee deemed today's hunger crisis “the least reported but most important issue of our time.” The Council's Roger Thurow, author of The First 1,000 Days: A Crucial Time for Mothers and Children—and the World, outrages and inspires as he explains the injustices of stunting and tells inspirational stories of overcoming hunger on this week’s episode of Deep Dish.
Deep Dish: 1,000 Days of Immeasurable Cost and Irreparable Damage
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The Council's Ian Klaus examines the importance of civil society in the urban response to COVID-19.
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Deep Dish: Mali’s Instability Threatens the Sahel
This week on Deep Dish, the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Judd Devermont and the Financial Times’ Neil Munshi explain why Mali’s instability is a threat to Africa’s Sahel region — soon to be the West’s largest conflict zone.
Deep Dish: Annexation and Beyond, Israel’s Evolving Foreign Policy
Former Netanyahu foreign policy advisor Jonathan Schachter and Brookings’ Tamara Cofman Wittes join Deep Dish to examine how Israel’s foreign policy has changed and the way the country’s relationships will shape the future.
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The Council's Sam Kling explains why the rising number of COVID-19 cases nationwide provides an opportunity to re-examine assumptions about the virus’s relationship to city life.
Deep Dish: The Criminalization of Immigrants in the United States
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The Council's Sam Kling examines the mayoral response to George Floyd's killing — and the implications on the role cities play in national and global politics.
Deep Dish: How Putin Holds Power Over Russia
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Deep Dish: Bolsonaro's COVID-19 Response Threatens Brazil's Democracy
The Igarapé Institute’s Ilona Szabó and the Financial Times' Andres Schipani join Deep Dish to examine the implications of social, political, and economic turmoil in South America’s largest economy.