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Upcoming Events

Corporate Leadership Roundtable on US Trade Policy

In-Person EVENT
Corporate Leadership Conversations

Stephen Vaughn and Carl Tannenbaum examine critical trade issues shaping the US economic strategy.

Shipping containers are stacked up at the Port of Los Angeles on April 9, 2025.
Damian Dovarganes / AP
Sep
3

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

Taiwan: The US-China Tipping Point?

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Rorry Daniels, Damien Ma, Kharis Templeman, and Craig Kafura discuss Taiwan and rising tensions in US-China relations and the implications for regional security and the global economy.

Craig Kafura, Kharis Templeman, Damien Ma, and Rorry Daniels on the Council stage facing an audience.
Ana Miyares Photography

Russell Shorto on the Extraordinary Birth of New York City

PAST EVENT

Russell Shorto joins the Council to discuss his book, "Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America."

Russell Shorto's book "Taking Manhattan" over an alabaster background.

Commentary & Analysis

How Immigrants View America's Global Role

BLOG
Running Numbers by Lama El Baz

Survey data show that regardless of when they arrived in the United States, immigrants embrace a shared vision for US foreign policy.

People view the Statue of Liberty in the distance
Mark Lennihan / AP
Public Opinion

With or Without the Pentagon, Security Conferences Are Overrated

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

A slew of Pentagon officials backed out of the annual Aspen Security Conference—don't read too much into it, Paul Poast argues.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in front of an American flag
Cliff Owen / AP
US Foreign Policy

Research

Americans Favor Greater AI and Quantum Regulation

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

While still forming their views on these technologies, more say they are concerned about the potential risks than excited about the opportunities.

An IBM Heron quantum processor chip is in a circuit board at IBM headquarters
Ted Shaffrey / AP
Public Opinion

US-Russia Relations in a Changing World

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey

Explore US-Russia survey research between 2021 and 2025.

Russian and American flags
Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Ivo H. Daalder 

President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Headshot of Ivo H. Daalder