All past events, listed in chronological order.

US-Iran Nuclear Tensions: What Is at Stake and What Comes Next?

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Rapid Response

A live stream with Suzanne Maloney and Vali Nasr on escalating US-Iran nuclear talks and US President Donald Trump’s threat of an imminent US strike.

US Navy Striker in Indian Ocean
Seaman Daniel Kimmelman / US Navy via AP

We the People: The US Constitution in Today's World

PAST EVENT VIDEO
America at 250

As the US reflects on 250 years, Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq join Leigha Crout to discuss the role of the Constitution, how it compares with other democracies, and how it functions today.

Speakers on the Council's stage.

Munich Debrief: Takeaways from the Munich Security Conference

PAST EVENT

Ambassador Julianne Smith joins Leslie Vinjamuri to analyze this year's Munich Security Conference and the future of transatlantic security.

German President at MSC
Matthias Schrader / AP

Citizens and Soldiers: Can the Military Remain Apolitical?

PAST EVENT VIDEO
America at 250

Kori Schake and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss the changing relationship between America's citizens and armed forces and what that means for the nation's defense.

Leslie Vinjamuri and Kori Schake on the Council Stage
Ana Miyares Photography

Is Competition without Conflict Possible? Mapping the Views of Chinese and Americans on Foreign Policy Issues

PAST EVENT

At the Munich Security Conference, the Council and the Carter Center present their groundbreaking research and results from recent public opinion surveys examining Chinese and American perspectives on international security, trade relations, and China’s global role.

Group of people sitting around a table in conversation.
Andreas Schaad / MSC

"Yes, And...": The Second City's Global Comedy Legacy

PAST EVENT
Global Power, Chicago-Style

Join Grace Kessler Overbeke for a discussion on the Second City's revolutionary impact on global comedy, followed by a hands-on improv workshop where you'll experience the "Yes, and…" philosophy that changed the creative world.

YP Members sit in groups in front of a sign reading The Second City
Ana Miyares Photography

Competing to Win: America's Economic Power in the Age of AI

PAST EVENT

Suzanne Nossel leads a webinar in partnership with the Leadership Now Project on how the US can strengthen its competitiveness in the age of AI.

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo.
Eugene Hoshiko / AP

10 Conflicts to Watch: A Conversation with Comfort Ero

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Comfort Ero and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss the conflicts most likely to shape 2026.

Leslie Vinjamuri and Comfort Ero
Ana Miyares Photography

After Davos: Moving Trade Policy Forward, Not Back

PAST EVENT

Ambassador Katherine Tai and Raghuram Rajan share reflections on current trade trends and future trade policy in the wake of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos.

Photograph of Davos, Switzerland, site of the World Economic Forum's annual meeting
Markus Schreiber / AP

A Changing Hemisphere: China's Growing Role in Latin America

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Margaret Myers, Oliver Stuenkel, Julián Ventura, and Karla Ruth Orozco Toledano discuss China's growing influence in Latin America and its implications for the region.

Karla Ruth Orozco Toledano, Julián Ventura, Oliver Stuenkel, and Margaret Myers on the Council stage.
Ana Miyares Photography