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Upcoming Events

Mining the Future: America's Critical Minerals Challenge

Hybrid EVENT

Paramita Das, Alaina Harkness, and Karl Friedhoff discuss the strategic challenges facing the US as it tries to secure critical mineral supply chains while balancing competing policy priorities.

Men sit near a periodic table showing minerals at the China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing on November 27, 2024.
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Oct
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Past Events

Navigating Reciprocal Tariffs and Strengthening US-India Trade and Investment Ties

PAST EVENT

Mark Linscott joins senior business leaders from across Chicago to discuss the evolving dynamics of US-India trade negotiations amid recent developments.

Workers in a manufacturing unit make leather footwear in Agra, India on August 25, 2025.
Manish Swarup / AP

America First, World Second? The Future of US Global Leadership

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Julián Ventura and Suzanne Nossel explore how nations worldwide are recalibrating their strategies in response to America's changing approach to foreign policy. 

Speakers on the Council's stage
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Commentary & Analysis

Why Dambisa Moyo Thinks This Economic Moment is Different

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

The global economy isn’t just slowing—it’s being completely reshaped. Here’s what that means for your future.

A man watches stock prices displayed on an electronic board at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 7, 2025.
Tatan Syuflana / AP
Global Economy

Trump's Attack on the Fed's Independence Isn't a Global Outlier

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Even leaders of countries with strongly independent central banks have chafed against the orthodoxy" of current macroeconomic policy, Paul Poast writes.

President Donald Trump listens as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a visit to the Federal Reserve
Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP
Global Economy

Research

Critical Minerals, Rare Earth Elements, and the Challenges Ahead for the United States

RESEARCH
Report by Karl Friedhoff

Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward.

Ore is hauled from the Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine in Utah
Rick Bowmer / AP
US Foreign Policy

Survey of Chinese Public Opinion on International Affairs

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

New polling from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Center offers a rare window into how Chinese citizens view China's global role and foreign policy.

A woman holds a Chinese flag as she poses for a photo near Tiananmen Gate
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Michael H. Moskow 

Vice Chair and Distinguished Fellow, Global Economy
Council expert Michael H. Moskow

Julián Ventura 

Nonresident Distinguished Fellow, Latin America and the Global Economy
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