Deep Dish on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Deep Dish on Global Affairs helps you make sense of our rapidly changing world. Join host Leslie Vinjamuri, President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, as she speaks with thought leaders, journalists, and experts shaping foreign policy and global events. Together, they go beyond the headlines, explaining how events unfolded, why they matter, and what to watch for. Can global trade survive the shock of Trump's tariffs? What's behind the global race for AI dominance? New episodes every Thursday.
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Jul 19, 2018 • 45min
Cyberwarfare and Election Hacking, Is the US Ready? - July 19, 2018
Russian election interference changed the cyber playing field. While United States intelligence knows what happened before, is it ready to stop it from happening again? Cybersecurity experts Adam Segal and David Sanger join this week's Deep Dish podcast to discuss the latest in US cyber policy.
Jul 12, 2018 • 27min
Ambassador Ivo Daalder on NATO, Russia, and President Trump - July 12, 2018
With the NATO summit underway in Brussels, former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder joined this week's Deep Dish podcast to discuss President Trump's relationship with the alliance and his upcoming summit with Russian Vladimir Putin.
Jul 5, 2018 • 32min
Global Trade Update: China, Europe, and NAFTA - July 5, 2018
The United States has gone from threats to action on a number of trade fronts. China and Europe are both retaliating, while NAFTA negotiations continue to slog on. To help see the big picture, global economy fellow Phil Levy joins Brian Hanson on this week's Deep Dish.
Jun 28, 2018 • 36min
Mexico's Election: Violence, Corruption and Change - June 28, 2018
Mexico heads to the polls on Sunday, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador is largely expected to claim presidential victory. NPR's International Correspondent in Mexico City, Carrie Kahn, explains how this election is Mexico's anti-establishment statement and why President Trump may not be relevant to the campaign.
Jun 21, 2018 • 16min
Family Separation and US Immigration - June 21, 2018
Until Wednesday, family separations were part of the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" response to illegal immigration. The Bipartisan Policy Center's Theresa Brown breaks down how we got there, why migrants risk so much to enter the United States, and what else can be done to deal with migrant flows.
Jun 14, 2018 • 38min
Trump-Kim Summit: What Happened, Why, and What's Next - June 14, 2018
Following their historic meeting on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for "complete denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula. But they offered few specifics. To break down what happened, how we got here, and what all this means, Asia experts Katrin Katz and Karl Friedhoff join Brian Hanson on this week's Deep Dish podcast.
Jun 7, 2018 • 38min
Strobe Talbott: Putin's Russia and its Relationship with the West - June 7, 2018
Fake news, cyber-attacks, election tampering, and expanding its territory are some of the ways Russia continues to antagonize the West. Former president of the Brookings Institution, diplomat, and journalist Strobe Talbott joins this week's Deep Dish podcast to share his view of Russia based on extensive personal experience.
May 31, 2018 • 33min
Spain's Domestic Politics & Transatlantic Perspective - May 31, 2018
Spain's Congress will hold a vote of no-confidence at the end of this week. If it is successful it will bring down the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. What are the implications of this vote on the state of Spain's domestic politics today? How does Spain view its role in NATO and other transatlantic agreements? Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Pedro Morenés, joins Brian Hanson to discuss.
May 24, 2018 • 46min
Venezuela's Post-Election Outlook - May 24, 2018
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro handily won reelection, but the international community rejected his election as a sham, and the United States responded with new sanctions. To explain what happened and what's next, Francisco Rodriguez, a Venezuelan economist and a policy advisor to leading opposition candidate Henri Falcón, joins this week's Deep Dish with Brian Hanson.
May 15, 2018 • 43min
How Armenia Won Its Velvet Revolution - May 15, 2018
After weeks of popular protest, Armenia's Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan was replaced by opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan. Former Foreign Minister of Armenia and Member of Parliament, Vartan Oskanian, along with Salpi Ghazarian, director of the University of Southern California's Institute of Armenian Studies, joined Deep Dish to give their eyewitness accounts of the "Velvet Revolution" and explain how it all happened.
