Commentary

From Sing Sing prison to Mar-a-Lago, The Economist's John Prideaux traveled across the country to find out what America looks like at 250.

Watch how the Council is leading the conversations that will define what comes next.

At 250, America is attempting to redefine its position in the global system. Can it convince others to follow?

Allies are not planning for the return of a past iteration of the United States. It would behoove Americans to start doing the same.

How the United States shows up in the world matters. Nowhere is that more evident than in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.

American public opinion is increasingly at odds with US President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy. Fifty years of Chicago Council on Global Affairs polling reveals why the "America First" agenda has prevailed—and where it might break down.

Fifty years of Chicago Council on Global Affairs polling reveals significant reservoirs of cross-party agreement and a strong base of public support for a more cooperative approach to world affairs.

Since the days before its independence, America has gone to the extremes of foreign economic policy.

As it prepares to turn 250, the once-respected nation is becoming harder to recognize. Yet America retains the capacity for reinvention.

As it enters its 250th year, the United States faces an international political system it can neither dominate nor disregard. American leaders will have to do something they have long resisted: learn how to actually play the game.