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How Israeli-Palestinian Peace Continues to Elude Us 75 Years Later

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Running Numbers by Paul Fitchen

Public opinion signals the conflict is in dire need of stronger leadership and more practical policies.

An Israeli soldier guards while Palestinians raise flags during a demonstration
SIPA USA
Public Opinion

Agricultural Investment: Foreign Aid for Global Prosperity

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Global Food for Thought by Cedric Habiyaremye

Activities to support resilient livelihoods must be combined with peacebuilding, conflict resolution efforts, and investment in food security.

A woman purchases vegetables at an outdoor food market.
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Food and Agriculture

Pan-African Attitudes on Gerontocracy

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Running Numbers by Emma Geiser

As the youngest continent in the world, Africans want upper age limits for elected officials while still respecting elders.

Protesters demonstrate against Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni outside Uganda House in London
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Public Opinion

Does Older Mean Wiser? US Views on Gerontocracy

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Running Numbers by Emma Geiser

While Americans broadly support upper age limits for federal elected officials, age is not their top consideration when choosing a candidate.

Senators Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein
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Public Opinion

With 20-Year Hindsight, Public Opinion and the Iraq War

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

To be suspicious of Iraq was part of the American zeitgeist long before 2003, survey data show.

George W. Bush speaks in front of a sign that says 'strategy for victory'
Reuters
Public Opinion

Women's Success Is the World's Success

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Impact Stories by Catherine Bertini

Council Distinguished Fellow and Former Executive Director of the World Food Program Catherine Bertini reflects on why elevating women and girls worldwide matters.

A group of girls sit at their desks at a school in Kenya.
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Women and Girls

Beating the Odds: The Mothers and Children of the 1,000 Days Movement

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

Shyamkali sits cross legged and holds her young daughter.
Anne Thurow
Food and Agriculture

From "Rust Belt" to "Trust Belt": Why the Language We Use Matters

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Global Insight by Coauthors

In promoting economic renewal in industrial heartland regions, leaders must avoid language that condemns these regions and their citizens to passivity.

Heartland renewal
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Global Economy

A Year of War in Ukraine

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Impact Stories by Ivo H. Daalder

Council President and Former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo H. Daalder reflects on the one-year anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine.

A woman draped in the Ukrainian flag looks at shoes symbolizing war crimes committed against Ukrainian civilians
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Global Politics

Black Americans' Views on the War in Ukraine

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Black Americans are supportive of aid to Ukraine, but less likely than other Americans to back an open-ended support of Kyiv “for as long as it takes.”

Person seen from behind with an American flag and Ukraine flag draped over their shoulders, grey beanie on their head.
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US Foreign Policy