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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

US Grand Strategy in a Fractured World

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Colin Kahl and Tom Wright join Leslie Vinjamuri on Deep Dish to unpack US strategy shifts.

President Donald Trump speaks standing between Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a press conference at the NATO Summit on June 25, 2025.
Markus Schreiber / AP
Global Politics

How Trump’s Latest Tariffs Could Affect Chicagoans

In the News
WBEZ
Cécile Shea

"It's going to hit in ways small and large all across the board. Almost everything that you buy is going to be affected," Cécile Shea says.

Cranes unload shipping containers from trucks at Jakarta International Container Terminal in Indonesia
Tatan Syuflana / AP
Global Economy

Research

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

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

Experts

Ivo H. Daalder 

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