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All upcoming events, listed in chronological order.

Foreign Aid Fallout: The Future of US Global Leadership

Hybrid EVENT

Join us for a conversation on how the recent decision to close USAID will reshape American global influence and the future of international development.

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American Aid goods are loaded onto a truck to be used against the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia on August 24, 2014.
Abbas Dulleh / AP
Mar
18

Kenneth Roth: Righting Wrongs

In-Person EVENT

Join the Council for a special partner event with Chicago Humanities Festival, featuring Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch.

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Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 29, 2015
Bilal Hussein / AP
Apr
4

The Power and Limits of Economic Warfare

Hybrid EVENT

Join us for a conversation with Edward Fishman on economic statecraft, its tactics, and how it is reshaping global alliances.

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Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, California.
Noah Berger / AP
Apr
17

Sudan: The World's Forgotten Crisis

Hybrid EVENT

Join us for a conversation on Sudan's humanitarian crisis and the urgent need to help the millions of civilians devastated by the country's civil war.

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Sudanese displaced people gather at the Zam Zam refugee camp outside the town of El-Fashir in the Darfour region of Sudan on July 1, 2004.
Karel Prinsloo / AP
Apr
22

Risks and Rewards: What to Expect from the Global Economy

Hybrid EVENT

Join us for a conversation on the key forces reshaping global trade and markets, and the economic risks and opportunities to come.

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A man walks past a money exchange shop decorated with different banknotes in Hong Kong on September 25, 2019.
Kin Cheung / AP
May
5

The Middle East in Transition

Hybrid EVENT

Join us for a conversation on recent developments in the Middle East and how they are reshaping politics in the region.

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People participate in a rally in the town of Majdal Shams, close to the Syrian border, demanding Israel return the annexed Golan Heights to Syria on February 14, 2025.
Ohad Zwigenberg / AP
May
13