Commentary and Analysis

We know Venice is sinking. What about Chicago, which accounts for about 234 square miles of land?

The day the film earned 13 Academy Award nominations was also the day the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock was set to reflect that the world is now closer to apocalypse than it has been at any time before.

Ravi Agrawal, Susan Glasser, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"The Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy is realpolitik from top to bottom," Paul Poast writes.

Craig Kafura unpacks Council survey findings on US attitudes toward Beijing.

"We will only have peace when America uses force to defend its interests," Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.

Chicago’s transit system has international fans, and your commuter train might be an international influencer.

Paul Poast explores how a changing international system is placing new limits on American power.

Stefan Kornelius, Carla Anne Robbins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

In the elite realm of haute cuisine where Alinea resides, the influence, name recognition, and drawing power of the restaurant extends well beyond Chicago to the dining capitals of the world.