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Exploring the US Navy's Global Role and the Challenge to Remain Supreme

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Global Insight by Matthew Dalton

Do Chicagoans truly understand the role the Navy plays around the world and the increasing challenges it faces?

Four US Navy ships sailing in open water
US Navy
Defense and Security

Five Things to Know about the US Midwest in 2020

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Global Insight by Richard C. Longworth

The Midwest possesses huge political and economic power in the United States. Richard C. Longworth explains the five things to know about the Midwest in 2020.

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Reuters
Global Cities

Global Cities Respond as US-Iran Relations Intensify

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Global Insight by Kristin Ljungkvist

Following the drone attack that killed Qassim Suleimani, cities across the US intensified local security measures—representing the new era of global affairs.

Demonstrations in Iran over the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.
Fars FotĂłgrafos
Global Cities

Global Cities in 2020 – Ten Trends to Watch

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

With so much activity around cities in today's world, there is a lot to track. Here are ten trends in 2020 to watch where cities will be particularly influential on the global stage.

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Sterling Davis
Global Cities

EU-Mercosur FTA: The Unheralded Trade Agreement with Big Implications

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Global Insight by Justin Millar

Overshadowed by global trade conflicts, the pending EU-Mercosur trade pact underlines the shifting global trade landscape away from a US-led international trade order.

The flag of the European Union
Markus Spiske
Global Economy

Michael H. Moskow on 'American Hero' Paul Volcker

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Global Insight by Michael H. Moskow

The Council's Michael H. Moskow shares his insights on why Paul A. Volcker was critical in breaking the back of inflation in the 1970s and 1980s.

Paul Volcker
Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Global Cities

Is A Post-Brexit US-UK Free Trade Agreement Realistic?

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Global Insight by Justin Millar

With an extension on Brexit, we revisit the prospects of a future trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States.

People wave small British flags while a crowd of people walks by in the background
Roberto Catarinicchia
Global Economy

Has Economic Globalization Helped Great Lakes Cities?

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Global Insight by Coauthors

Economic globalization has revitalized many once struggling cities (think New York, Singapore, Shanghai, and London) and created or re-created metropolises like Doha, Dublin, and Frankfurt. 

View of the Detroit skyline from Ontario.
Mike Boening
Global Cities

Will Ambassador Subnat Go to Washington?

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

The proposed "City and State Diplomacy Act" would establish an ambassador for subnational engagements by state and municipal governments.

US Capital building at night Global Cities

Mind the Knowledge Gaps: What Global Conferences Bring to Light

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

Convenings of experts call attention to that which scientists and policymakers don’t know. These "knowledge gaps," it turns out, are especially prevalent in the urban domain.

Mind the Knowledge Gaps: What Global Conferences Bring to Light Global Cities