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Mic Check with Dan Drezner

Mic Check with Washington Post columnist Dan Drezner – don't miss him at the Council on April 13 discussing how political polarization and heightened inequality have converged to create a new intellectual class.


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| By Ivo H. Daalder

This Week’s Reads – Food Security is National Security

When does food insecurity abroad affect national security at home? The two matters seem discrete. A crop failure is not a terrorist network. A drought is not a cyber-attack. This Week's Reads from Council President Ivo Daalder explore the ways in which food insecurity threatens America's strategic and national interests


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Blue Dot America

America's Urban-Rural Divide,




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| By Ivo H. Daalder

This Week’s Reads- The Decline of American Soft Power

America’s soft power is declining precisely when it is needed the most, says writes Council President Ivo Daalder. This Week’s Reads explore some of the challenges the United States is facing, as well as the changing dynamics of American power.



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One More Question with Robert Kaplan

We asked Robert S. Kaplan, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, why it's important for central banks around the world to maintain their independence. See what he said.