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The Chain Reaction of Climate Change and Invasive Species Spread: Impacts, Realities, and Sustainable Solutions

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Global Food for Thought by Sara Hendery

The extreme climatic events that are brought on by climate change, such as floods and droughts, open new entry points for the spread of invasive species.

Tuta absoluta, a pest mainly of tomato crops
Patrick Clement
Food and Agriculture

Kosovo-Serbia, Post-Abe Japan, Nord Stream 2

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Reporters from leading media outlets join the Council to discuss the Kosovo-Serbia relations, Japan, the Navalny poisoning, and much more.

Two ships involved in construction of the natural gas pipeline North Stream 2
Pedant01 via Wikimedia Commons
Global Health

EU Budget, Russia's UK Influence, and COVID-19 Vaccine Wars

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World Review with Ivo Daalder

Journalists from some of the world’s leading media outlets join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss the EU budget deal, what Europe can learn from Russian influence in the UK, and the politics of a COVID-19 vaccine.

A person wearing surgical gloves prepares a vaccine shot
Mufid Majnun
Global Health

Systems Thinking at Work in South Asia's Food Production

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Global Food for Thought by Coauthors

How can we achieve food and nutritional security in ways that also enhance rural livelihoods, reduce environmental degradation, and boost agriculture’s resilience?

A farmer rides a tractor through a crop while harvesting
Jed Owen
Food and Agriculture

The US-India Relationship: True Friends and Helicopter Sales

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

While Trump has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "true friend" and extolled the world’s largest democracy, are Americans equally as enthusiastic about the US-India relationship?

Flag of India
Mitul Gajera
Public Opinion

I am Gita

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

We all share in the cost of lower education, reduced labor productivity, and escalating health care costs.

Children in Tanzania stand below a line showing the median height for 9-year-olds globally
Gates Foundation
Food and Agriculture

Kashmir Is the 72-Year 'Wound' between India and Pakistan

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Bloomberg's Nisid Hajari and Paul Staniland of the University of Chicago join Deep Dish to discuss how the decision to revoke Kashmir's special autonomy has once again torn open tensions between India and Pakistan.

Demonstrators protest the scrapping of the special constitutional status in Kashmir by the Indian government, outside the Indian High Commission in London
Reuters
Global Politics

Derek Scissors on China's Economy

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Wait Just a Minute

Economist Derek Scissors joins the Council on this episode of Wait Just a Minute.

Screenshot of Derek Scissors on-screen Global Economy

What Happens When a Billion Indians Finally Get Online?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Ravi Agrawal, author of India Connected, joins Deep Dish to explain how the smartphone is transforming the world's largest democracy.

Theresa May, left, and President Donald Trump
Shealah Craighead
Global Politics

Raghuram Rajan on Economics

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Wait Just a Minute

Raghuram Rajan explains what bananas reveal about markets and governments, the importance of communities in economics, and whether China or India has a more enviable economy.

Raghuram Rajan speaking from a podium at the Council Global Economy