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Lester Crown Center on US Foreign Policy

Informing US foreign policy and national security discussions and debates through public opinion research, policy analysis, and public engagement.

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Center on Global Cities

Elevating global cities as central actors shaping world affairs and advancing city-based solutions to global challenges.

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Center on Global Food and Agriculture

Identifying opportunities for US leadership in advancing global food security and nutrition and alleviating poverty through agricultural development.

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Council staff Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford

Senior Fellow, US Foreign Policy
Elizabeth Shackelford, a former career diplomat who served the US Mission to Somalia and the US Embassy in South Sudan, focuses on building awareness and understanding of a "restraint" approach to foreign policy, which seeks to limit the use of force to core US security interests and favors diplomatic engagement.
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Peggy Tsai Yih

Managing Director, Center on Global Food and Agriculture
Peggy Tsai Yih leads the Council’s continued work on global food and nutrition security and in advancing a more sustainable and resilient food system. She has 20 years of experience in food, agriculture, and natural resource policy, with nearly 15 years at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Washington, DC.
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Sascha Haselmayer

Nonresident Fellow, Global Cities
Sascha Haselmayer is a social entrepreneur who has led urban innovation, economic development, and government innovation projects in over 40 countries. He trained as an architect at the Architectural Association in London and is a globally recognized expert on social entrepreneurship, social change, and urban and local government innovation.
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Less is More: A New Strategy for US Security Assistance to Africa
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The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script.

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A Tale of Two Regions: The Economic and Political Importance of Different Paths to Heartland Renewal
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The regeneration strategies of the former industrial areas of Pittsburgh in the US and Germany's Ruhr offer lessons for other regions in economic transition.

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Encouraging Farmer Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture Practices in the United States
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Regenerative agriculture can help our food and agricultural systems become more resilient.

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