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Upcoming Events

Global Economy Roundtable with Daleep Singh

In-Person EVENT

Daleep Singh and Brent Neiman discuss global economic policy and macroeconomic trends in the first edition of the revitalized Global Eceonomy Roundtable Series.

Stock numbers on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange on October 1, 2025.
Seth Wenig / AP
Nov
5

The Trade Triangle: China, India, and America's Economic Future

Hybrid EVENT

Michael Froman, Raghuram Rajan, and Leslie Vinjamuri examine how President Trump's policies and recent BRICS diplomacy are reshaping global trade dynamics.

Vladimir Putin, Narendra Modi, and Xi Jinping speak at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on September 1, 2025.
Suo Takekuma / Pool Photo via AP
Nov
5

Past Events

Mining the Future: America's Critical Minerals Challenge

PAST EVENT VIDEO

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.

Paramita Das, Alaina Harkess, and Karl Friedhoff on the council stage.
Ana Miyares Photography

Sports Diplomacy: The Power of Connection through the World Marathon Majors

PAST EVENT
Global Power, Chicago-Style

Join us to discuss how the Bank of America Chicago Marathon unites runners from over 100 countries every October, fueling global connection and driving Chicago’s cultural and economic impact.

YP Network members gathered listening to George Chiampas, Wesley Korir, Carey Pinkowski
Ana Miyares Photography

Commentary & Analysis

We’ve Forgotten What ‘Soft Power’ Is

In the News
Foreign Policy
Suzanne Nossel

"As Americans eulogize soft power, they should push past nostalgia to consider what precisely has been lost," Suzanne Nossel writes.

In this June 4, 2008 file photo, Palestinians unload bags of flour donated by the United States Agency for International Development
Mohammed Ballas / AP
US Foreign Policy

The New Eurasian Order

In the News
Foreign Affairs
Julianne Smith

"The United States should try to influence the new networks its allies are crafting, not resist them," Julianne Smith argues in Foreign Affairs.

Flags of NATO countries fly at NATO headquarters.
Patrick Post / AP
Global Politics

Research

Slight Boost in American Support for Active US Role in World

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

At the same time, fewer Americans now compared to a decade ago are convinced their country is exceptional.

An eagle flies by an American flag whipping in the wind
Lindsey Wasson / AP
US Foreign Policy

US Public Support for Alliances at All-Time High

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Solid majorities of Democrats and Independents think the United States should consult with allies before making major foreign policy decisions, but only four in 10 Republicans agree.

Flags of NATO alliance members flap in the wind
Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP
US Foreign Policy

Experts

Paul Poast 

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy and Public Opinion
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