Commentary and Analysis

"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.

Whether a reelected Trump would actually withdraw from the alliance as many fear is beside the point, Ivo Daalder argues.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Deborah Amos, and Yaroslav Trofimov join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Dave Sloan retires after this year's McCormick Place confab. In an exclusive chat, he reflects on how this car biz showpiece has changed — and how it's kept Chicago on the industry's global map.