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Pakistan's Taliban Gamble
What will the Taliban's Afghanistan takeover mean for Pakistan—a US ally, a nuclear power, and a country beset by its own terrorism threats—and will …
4 years, 4 months ago
Deep Dish: Cryptocurrencies, Geopolitics, & the Future of Money
Cryptocurrencies have moved away from their anarchic origins to spark political conversations that could shift national currencies and redefine the g…
4 years, 5 months ago
Who Benefits from US-China Competition in Africa?
China's massive investment in Africa through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has prompted concern over political influence—enough for the G-7 to f…
4 years, 5 months ago
Congress Has Abandoned Its War Powers. Here's What to Do About It. (Rebroadcast)
This week a bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill to reform the 48-year-old War Powers Act—the law intended to check a president's abilit…
4 years, 5 months ago
Leaderless, Haiti Braces for Political Transition
Haiti is in political turmoil after President Moïse's assassination in his home last week. The Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles and the University o…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ten Years Later, What Went Wrong in South Sudan
Ten years after South Sudan's independence, Ambassador Susan D. Page joins the Council's Elizabeth Shackelford on Deep Dish to discuss their shared h…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Chinese Communist Party's Next 100 Years
A century after the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Bruce Dickson, author of The Party and the People: Chinese Politics in the 21st Century,…
4 years, 6 months ago
Nicaragua's Looming "Second Dictatorship"
After nearly 20 politically motivated arrests in the last month, Nicaraguan President Ortega's crackdown on his opposition could shake the country's …
4 years, 6 months ago
Are NATO Allies on the Same Page?
Underneath the public face of unity at this week's NATO meetings, potential disagreements and fissures between the United States and its European all…
4 years, 6 months ago
A New Approach to Building Peace
Researcher and practitioner Séverine Autesserre argues that traditional approaches to peacebuilding often fail because they follow a top-down formula…
4 years, 7 months ago