For decades, the United States has ensured peace for Taiwan through strategic ambiguity, but last week's combative US-China meeting could be a signal to rethink that approach. Rand Corporation's Michael Mazarr and the Council's Commander Michele Lowe join Deep Dish to explore the options in a constructive debate on the benefits—and costs—of a shift in policy.

The changing security environment and decaying trust in the US nuclear guarantee could lead to nuclear proliferation among allies, a new report from a task force of defense and security experts argues. Task force cochairs and report authors Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Rifkind, Chuck Hagel, and Ivo Daalder join Deep Dish to discuss possible solutions and why this is so urgent.

New data shows women have borne the brunt of pandemic job losses, potentially undercutting decades of progress toward gender equality. To recognize Women's History Month, The Council on Foreign Relations' Jamille Bigio joins Deep Dish to explain why women's economic participation is not simply a matter of fairness—it's a global prosperity and security imperative. 

President Biden halted US support for the conflict in Yemen, but "resolving the world's worst humanitarian crisis will require a larger paradigm shift in foreign policy," former World Food Programme head Ertharin Cousin writes for Foreign Policy. She joins Deep Dish to explain why hunger must be treated as an essential element of military and foreign policy, not just as a humanitarian issue.

Last week's military coup in Myanmar has undone nearly a decade of progress toward democratic reform: Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been jailed, the public is protesting martial law across the country, and the military's strategy to contain the situation is escalating. Christina Fink and Debra Eisenman join Deep Dish to explain Myanmar's complicated politics and why the country's transition toward democracy didn't go as the West expected. 

Black History Month and recent US domestic political events highlight our historical struggles over freedom and race – how they have shaped our world and why they continue to influence our lives today. Historian Tyler Stovall joins Deep Dish to explain why our understanding of freedom has been fundamentally grounded in race and how understanding our past can give us the tools to move forward. 

Last weekend, more than 40,000 Russians in 100 cities marched to protest opposition leader Alexei Navalny's arrest and signal a new era in Russian politics. The New Yorker's Joshua Yaffa joins Deep Dish to explain why Russians both resent and rely on the state, and what that means for Russia – and President Putin's – future.

Russia's massive cyber attack on SolarWinds put some 250 US government agencies, security firms, and companies in jeopardy and exposed the sophisticated nature of today's targeted hacks. Cyber risk expert Jody Westby joins Deep Dish to examine how the United States—and the world—can deter future attacks and prevent cyber escalation.

You may have missed it, but at the end of 2020, the European Union and China solidified an investment deal that will open EU access to China's markets while raising China's global profile. Former US trade negotiator Wendy Cutler and the Rhodium Group's Noah Barkin join Deep Dish to look at the geopolitical consequences of the deal and how President-elect Biden can work toward better relationships with both sides.