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What a World Without US Leadership Looks Like - Nov. 8, 2018 Nov 08, 2018

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Council President Ivo Daalder and James M. Lindsay, senior vice president at the Council on Foreign Relations, discuss their new book "The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership"—a revealing look at President Trump's foreign policy and its implications for the rules-based international order.

Brazil's Bolsonaro Is No Tropical Trump - Nov. 1, 2018 Nov 01, 2018

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Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil's presidency with a far-right populism that drew comparisons to President Donald Trump. But Brazil and Latin America don't fit neatly into the Western populism narrative, says Peter Schechter, host of the Altamar podcast and 20-year veteran of Latin American politics.

What's Happening to China's Economy? - Oct. 25, 2018 Oct 25, 2018

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Two big shocks are hitting the Chinese economy at once. The first shock is within China—slowing growth, increasing debt, an aging population, and an underdeveloped consumer base. The second shock is with the United States as tensions rise and a trade war looms. Angela Lee, professor of Marketing at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management, Paul Schickler, a former president of DuPont Pioneer, and Vivian Lin Thurston, a partner and global research analyst with William Blair, discuss the changing Chinese economy with the Council's Phil Levy.

Iran, Russia, China - The Triple Axis - Oct. 18, 2018 Oct 18, 2018

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Within hours of President Trump's announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal, Iran's foreign minister was on a plane, first to China and then to Russia. This often overlooked but important geopolitical trio, Iran, Russia, and China, is the subject of a new book by Dina Esfandiary and Ariane Tabatabai.

How Popular is US Foreign Policy? - Oct. 11, 2018 Oct 11, 2018

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Two distinguished public opinion surveys reveal how American foreign policy is perceived at home and abroad. Pew's director of global attitudes research Richard Wike joins Dina Smeltz, lead author of the Chicago Council Survey on US public opinion on foreign policy, to discuss their findings.

Sheila Bair on the Anniversary of the Global Financial Crisis - Oct. 4, 2018 Oct 04, 2018

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Sheila Bair was front and center for the 2008 fiscal crises as George Bush's appointee to the FDIC. Notably, she was also among the small number of officials who voiced concerns about the dangers of subprime mortgages before the meltdown. On this episode of Deep Dish, we ask her what we've learned about the global crisis and how vulnerable we are today.

Cities Combatting Urban Violence - Sept. 27, 2018 Sep 27, 2018

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Of the 50 most violent cities in the world, 47 are in the Americas. This week's Deep Dish features World Bank citizen security expert Flavia Carbonari, Mario Maciel from San Jose's Gang Prevention Task Force; and Medellín's Chief Resilience Officer Santiago Uribe discussing how cities can combat urban violence.

The Geopolitics of Climate Change - Sept. 20, 2018 Sep 20, 2018

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Hurricane Florence and Typhoon Mangkhut have inflicted widespread damage to property, food production, and human life. As extreme weather increasingly uproots communities and economies, leading experts Simon Dalby and Joshua Busby join this week's Deep Dish podcast to predict how today's climate change will affect tomorrow's foreign policy.

Why John Bolton Threatened the ICC - Sept. 13, 2018 Sep 13, 2018

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The Trump administration is furious that the International Criminal Court is considering an investigation into US military action in Afghanistan. In a major speech this week, National Security Advisor John Bolton threatened the court with sanctions. One of the court's founder's, Ambassador David Scheffer, joins Deep Dish this week to react.

What Poland Says About Losing Democracy - September 6, 2018 Sep 06, 2018

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Yale Historian Tim Snyder says "if it can happen in Poland, it can happen anywhere." Find out how this Eastern European poster child for democracy backslid into autocracy, and what lessons it holds for the rest of the West.

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