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All past events, listed in chronological order.

The People vs. Democracy

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With populist movements gaining prominence across the world, faith in democratic institutions has fallen to an all-time low, while openness to illiberal forms of government is on the rise.

A polling place in San Francisco
Todd Lappin

Networks and Power from the Freemasons to Facebook

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Niall Ferguson explains why the tension between rigid hierarchies and fluid, informal webs of interconnection has been a defining, if misunderstood, driver of change and disruption throughout modern history

A mobile phone with Facebook open on the screen
Tim Bennett

Global Food Security Symposium 2018

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Global Food Security Symposium

The 2018 Global Food Security Symposium examines how surging youth populations can fuel tremendous agricultural growth that will impact the global economy, but, if underemployed, they present a risk.

Five people on stage during the 2018 Global Food Security Symposium

Red and Blue: America and the Millennial Agenda

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Current and former members of the House of US Representatives joined POLITICO’s Natasha Korecki and the Council to discuss how the Republican and Democratic parties will engage millennials.

A person holds an I Voted sticker
Phillip Goldsberry

India's Journey: 70 Years of Independence

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A group of experts joined the Council to consider what India must do to become a decisive force on the world stage and convert its expected demographic dividend into broad prosperity.

View of a street in New Delhi, India
Laurentiu Morariu

The State of Global Democracy with the Council on Global Affairs and Freedom House  

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Susan B. Glasser moderated a dialogue with Michael J. Abramowitz and Jeremy D. Rosner who discussed global democracy and political freedom.

The State of Global Democracy at the Council

Preparing Today's Workforce for Tomorrow's Economy

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A panel of experts examined how to re-envision post-secondary education to adapt to an increasingly diverse population and meet future labor force demands.

DACA recipient and engineering student works on a circuit board.
Reuters

The Future of Monetary Policy: Embracing the Unconventional?

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Global Economy Series

Bethany McLean of Vanity Fair joined economics experts Donald Kohn and Randall Kroszner to discuss what recent changes at the Federal Reserve mean for US monetary policy.

Member of the Federal Reserve Bank plaque outside a bank
Eric Fischer

The Trump Presidency: One Year Later 

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McKay Coppins moderated a discussion with David Axelrod, Timothy Naftali, and Kori Schake to discuss how the first year of the Trump presidency will be judged by historians in years to come.

Donald Trump speaking at a rally in 2016
Gage Skidmore

Joe Biden on Global Engagement in an Age of Uncertainty

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Vice President Biden discusses America's leadership in a world of uncertainty in the fifth annual Louis B. Susman Lecture.

Vice President Joe Biden speaking on the stage at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.