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The Presidency and the Bomb

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America in 2020

National Security Correspondent Fred Kaplan shared previously untold stories from inside the White House, the Joint Chiefs of Staff's "tank" in the Pentagon, and the chambers of US Strategic Command.

The Pentagon, 2008.
David B. Gleason

US-Iran Conflict: Prospects for De-Escalation

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America in 2020

Kelly Magsamen, recently tapped as the Pentagon's chief of staff for the incoming Biden administration, discusses America's policy options for Iran going forward.

Flag of Iran.
David Sandoz/Flickr

The New Era of US-China Competition

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China's Changing Landscape

Ambassador Ivo Daalder and Asia-Pacific security expert Oriana Skylar Mastro discussed how the US-China competition might evolve in 2020.

USA and China flags.
CDC Global

China's Rise and the US-Japan Alliance

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Regional experts joined the Council to examine the opportunities and challenges the United States, Japan, and South Korea will face as their trilateral relationship is tested.

The American and Japanese flags.
Courtesy US Dept. of Agriculture

Samantha Power: The Idealist's Journey

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There are many ways to lead in the world without using military force, argued former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power, who spoke at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on October 15, 2019.

Samantha Power speaks at an event hosted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Germany and the US: Toward a New Transatlantic Future

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Researcher Elisabeth Braw joined the Council to discuss how Germany and the US can work together to address some of the key challenges facing their relationship.

The Bundesrat building in Berlin
Anders Andermark

John Negroponte on American National Security Priorities for 2020

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America in 2020

National security expert John Negroponte joined the Council to discuss the findings of the 2019 Chicago Council Survey and the nation's global priorities ahead of the 2020 election.

John Negroponte, speaking in 2018
Richter Frank-Jurgen

General Jim Mattis on Learning to Lead

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Lester Crown Lecture

General Jim Mattis, former US Secretary of Defense, delivered the inaugural Lester Crown Distinguished Lecture on US Foreign Policy and shared insights on US national security priorities.

General Jim Mattis in conversation with Ivo Daalder

NATO at 70: Former US Ambassadors to NATO on the Past and Future of the Alliance

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Former UN ambassadors Nicholas Burns, Victoria Nuland, Ivo Daalder, and Douglas Lute share their crucial political and military challenges as NATO ambassadors and discuss the future of the alliance.

The American flag and the NATO flag

The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership

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Council President Ivo Daalder and James M. Lindsay discussed their new book, The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership.

The Empty Throne book cover