Upcoming Events

The New World Order: Global Leadership and the Rise of Gen Z Political Movements

In-Person EVENT

Join Emerging Leaders alumni and Young Professionals for a conversation with the 2026 Eisenhower Global Fellows on the rise of Gen Z-driven political movements.

University students at a protest hold a banner that reads "MARCH FOR JUSTICE" in red letters in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 31, 2024.
Rajib Dhar / AP
Apr
29

A Golden Era for US-Central Asia Relations?

Hybrid EVENT

Ambassador Edil Baisalov, Ajar Chekirova, Elena Son-LaRocco, and Alexander Cooley explore Central Asia’s rising role and what it could mean for US engagement and diaspora communities.

Trump Administration meeting with leaders from Central Asia
Jacquelyn Martin / AP
Apr
30

Past Events

What Comes Next for Hungary after a Historic Election?

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Rapid Response

Alexander Cooley, Armida van Rij, and Leslie Vinjamuri analyze the election results from Hungary and Viktor Orbán's stunning defeat.

Péter Magyar waves a Hungarian flag after winning the parliamentary elections a parliamentary election in Budapest, Hungary on April 12, 2026.
Darko Bandic / AP

Global Implications of the Emerging Conflict with Iran

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Leslie Vinjamuri, Julianne Smith, and Evan Medeiros discuss the escalating US-Iran conflict and its broader implications.

Turkey Protests on Iran
Emrah Gural / AP

Commentary

Is International Law Built for Today's Wars?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Is there any prospect for accountability when major powers ignore international law? Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and legal expert Louise Arbour answers.

UN Security Council
Heather Khalifa /AP
Global Politics

A New Era of World War Has Arrived

In the News
The New York Times
Paul Poast

"We are watching another unwelcome phenomenon return to the global stage: the world war," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast argues in the New York Times.

Protestors with a banner that reads "Not another forever war" walk through Times Square in New York on April 8, 2026.
Ryan Murphy / AP
Global Politics

Research

Chinese Public Divided on Whether Beijing Should Seek Shared Leadership or Global Dominance

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Whether Beijing should take any leadership position on the world stage, however, is an overwhelming “yes.”

China's President Xi Jinping remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Mary Altaffer / Pool via AP
Public Opinion

Chinese Public Wants a Balanced Approach to the United States

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Few see the United States as a friend to China, but a majority want Beijing to use a mix of cooperation and containment in its approach to Washington.

An American flag is flown next to the Chinese national emblem and flags
Andy Wong / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Alexander Cooley 

Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College; Senior Nonresident Fellow, Eurasia Affairs, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Ivo H. Daalder 

President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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