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Local Narratives on Migrant Integration: Cities' Strategies Could Gain Momentum after COVID

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Global Insight by Anna Piccinni

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light an opportunity for moving societies towards inclusion and social cohesion, rather than xenophobia.

A medical tent at a migrant camp in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reuters
Global Health

Deep Dish Takes You Inside the Global Response to COVID-19

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Global Insight by Brian Hanson

Highlights from recent Deep Dish podcast episodes covering COVID-19 response in Germany, New Zealand, Japan, Europe, and South Korea.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden visits Admiralty House in Sydney.
REUTERS
Global Health

Vulnerable, Vilified, and Essential: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum-Seekers during COVID-19

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Global Insight by John Slocum

How did President Donald Trump's 2020 suspension of the issuance of green cards for people outside of the United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic affect immigrants?

Mexican immigrants walk across a bridge at the US border after being deported during the COVID-19 pandemic
REUTERS
Global Health

How the Council is Responding to the Shutdown  

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Global Insight by Iain Whitaker

On March 12, the offices and conference center at the Council closed, and all in-person events were cancelled, for an indefinite period.

Conference center at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Global Health

Nine Books to Prepare for the World After COVID-19

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Global Insight by Iain Whitaker

We share our top picks for books to read in the weeks ahead that delve into what sort of world might emerge when the pandemic has passed.

A young girl reads a book, with bookshelves of other books in the background
Eliott Reyna
Global Health

A Future for the European Union After the Pandemic?

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Global Insight by Karin Larson

With the loss of Angela Merkel, will the EU survive COVID-19, which is yet another institutional and existential blow? ​

Flag of European Union on top of German Reichstag
Christian Lue
Global Politics

What We Can Learn From COVID-19 about Pandemics and Resilient Cities

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Global Insight by Robert Muggah

As COVID-19 spreads around the world, Council expert Robert Muggah shares his viewpoints on pandemics, why they are becoming more common, and how cities can help minimize current and future threats.

A person gets their temperature checked during the COVID-19 pandemic in Beijing
Kian Zhan
Global Health

Midwestern Voters Aren't Ready for Revolution

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Global Insight by Richard C. Longworth

Where once there was one Midwest, rising and falling with the industrial era, there are now two Midwests, marching to different economic drummers.

View of the exterior of a factory in the midwest
Lucas Ludwig
Global Politics

Coronavirus yet to Dent South Korea's Moon Jae-in in the Polls Power

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Global Insight by Karl Friedhoff

President Moon’s approval ratings have declined from 45 percent last week to 42 percent this week according to a Gallup Korea survey conducted from February 25-27.

President Moon Jae-in speaks during a press conference.
Jeon Han
Public Opinion

Dispatch From Seoul: City of Transportation Extremes

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Global Insight by Samuel Kling

In October, I visited Seoul with a delegation of Chicago Council Emerging Leaders on a Korea Foundation-funded trip led by Karl Friedhoff, the Council’s Korea specialist.

Metro station in Seoul.
Sebastiaan ter Burg
Global Cities