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Retreat or Resilience? Responding to Global Democratic Decline

Hybrid EVENT

Join leading experts as they explore how democracies can fight back against authoritarian threats and build resilience.

A protestor holds up a sign reading "WANTED DEMOCRACY" at a protest in France on July 31, 2021.
Adrienne Surprenant / AP
Sep
16

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

Hybrid EVENT

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

President Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate on November 14, 2024.
Alex Brandon / AP
Sep
18

Past Events

Global Affairs, Local Impact: A Conversation with Congressmen LaHood and Quigley

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Congressmen Darin LaHood (R-IL 16) and Mike Quigley (D-IL 5) discuss the current state of global affairs and their local implications.

Mary Ann Ahern with Congressmen LaHood and Quigley on the Council's stage.
Ana Miyares Photography

Quantum Diplomacy: A New Global Foreign Policy Race

PAST EVENT VIDEO
Global Quantum Forum

Ivo Daalder, Jon Finer, Kathleen Hicks, Jennifer Scanlon, and Sebastian Wray discuss the race to shape quantum’s geopolitical future.

Five people sit in white chairs on a stage while having a discussion
Ana Miyares Photography

Commentary & Analysis

New Chicago Council Leader on America’s Foreign Policy Challenges

In the News
WTTW
Leslie Vinjamuri

"If you’re going to understand the United States, if you’re going to influence the direction of travel, you’ve got to move beyond Washington," Leslie Vinjamuri tells Chicago Tonight.

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks on Chicago Tonight US Foreign Policy

Trump's Global Trade Order Is Anything But

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Tariffs will almost certainly make the US market less attractive, making it harder to sell to it, with an impact on the US consumers who have been the beneficiaries of those sales," Paul Poast writes.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer testifies before the Senate Finance Committee
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Global Economy

Research

Most Americans Think the United States Should Pursue Global Free Trade

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Large majorities of the public view international trade as good for the US economy, job creation, and people like them.

Ships are loaded at the Port of Los Angeles Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Damian Dovarganes / AP
Public Opinion

Despite Trump Withdrawal, Americans Back Paris Climate Agreement

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz

Most Americans—including a majority of Republicans—favor a range of measures to reverse or adapt to climate change.

A pumpjack operates in the foreground while a wind turbine at the Buckeye Wind Energy wind farm rises in the distance
Charlie Riedel / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Paul Poast 

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy and Public Opinion
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