Tag: Chicago Council on Global Affairs

China/Taiwan/USA. For First Time, Half of Americans Favor Defending Taiwan If China Invades (Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

BY DINA SMELTZ AND CRAIG KAFURA Tensions between Beijing and Taipei are running high. Chinese intimidation of Taiwan has increased since 2016, demonstrated by naval drills...

USA/Japan/South Korea/China. Americans, Japanese, and South Koreans Wary of China’s Intentions (Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

REPORT BY KARL FRIEDHOFF, CRAIG KAFURA, AND DINA SMELTZ Against a backdrop of growing regional rivalry, March and April 2021 surveys conducted in the United States,...

Bioweapons. Killer Pathogens: The New Threat of Bioweapons? (Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

Daniel Feakes, Elise Labott COVID-19 highlighted advanced societies’ vulnerability to biological pathogens and how those with malign intent could weaponize them. Additionally, the pandemic illuminated...

Afghanistan/USA. Disinformation sowed our failure in Afghanistan (Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

ELIZABETH SHACKELFORD America’s collapsed experiment in Afghanistan is not the first U.S. foreign policy failure built on a dishonest foundation. But if no one pays...

USA. Physical infrastructure is a start; human infrastructure must follow (Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

President Joe Biden speaks during a virtual meeting at the White House complex in Washington Aug. 11, 2021, to discuss the importance of the...