Past Events

The Council honored Penny Pritzker and Michael H. Moskow at the 2017 Global Leadership Awards Dinner.

The 2017 Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, DC focused on how the US can help lead struggling nations and turn frontier markets into thriving partners.

During the 2017 symposium, speakers discuss the theme "Innovation for Healthy Futures".

CEO of the American Security Project Stephen A. Cheney and atmospheric science expert Dr. Elisabeth Moyer join the Council to discuss the effects of climate change on geopolitical alliances.

Michael Auslin, Karl Friedhoff, and Deborah Lehr joined Phil Levy to discuss whether we are truly in an Asian century.

According to Mohamed A. El-Erian, there are two paths ahead: recovery, prosperity, and stability or recession and continued instability.

At this event, Nobel Prize Laureate Joseph Stiglitz explored the future of the Euro and asked if Europe can prosper without it.

Secretary Kerry highlights America's current international objectives and discusses our country's role in the world moving forward in the fourth annual Louis B. Susman Lecture.

Lael Brainard, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Member, discussed the economic outlook for the United States and monetary policy implications with Council expert and board member Michael H. Moskow.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs welcomed CNN’s Fareed Zakaria to discuss how the United States is losing its power to influence and shape geopolitics.