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Expressing Appreciation and Announcing a Transition
Managing Director Alesha Black announces her transition into a new professional phase and bids farewell to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
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Deep Dish: Kashmir Is the 72-Year 'Wound' between India and Pakistan
Narendra Modi’s government has revoked the constitutional provision that had long granted special autonomy to India-administered Kashmir, once again tearing open tensions between India and Pakistan.
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Next Generation 2019 – The Role of Lawyers in Water Security Negotiations
Our 7th post in the Next Generation blog series is by Jellie Molino, PhD candidate in law and institutions at the University of Turin.
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Global Food for Thought: Livestock Crisis | Post-Conflict Farming | Rice Losses
Check out the latest buzz in food, agriculture, and global development.
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Agricultural Innovation Can Feed the Planet, But It Needs Policy Support
The fourth peice in our blog series, Policies for a Nourished Future, explains some of the many recent developments in agri-food technology and the policies meant to support and regulate them.
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Deep Dish: Japan-South Korea Feud Threatens Regional Stability and Security
Bad blood between the two US allies goes back decades, but its reemergence today raises new questions about stability and security in the region at a particularly tense moment.
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Next Generation 2019 – A Sea Change for Seafood: Agrifood Tech as the Result of Research, Innovation, and Collaboration
Our 6th post in the Next Generation blog series is by Christine Lepine, MS candidate in natural resources and environmental science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Will Ambassador Subnat Go to Washington?
On June 28, 2019, Congressmen Ted W. Lieu (D-CA33) and Joe Wilson (R-SC02) introduced H.R.3571, the “City and State Diplomacy Act.” The Act seeks to mandate a senior official at the State Department charged with “supervision (including policy oversight of resources) of Federal support for subnational engagements by State and municipal governments with foreign governments.” The position would be at the ambassadorial level, and “Ambassador Subnat” would require the consent of the Senate and oversee a new Office of Subnational Diplomacy.
