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Upcoming Events

Competing to Win: America's Economic Power in the Age of AI

Virtual EVENT

Suzanne Nossel leads a webinar in partnership with the Leadership Now Project on how the US can strengthen its competitiveness in the age of AI.

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo.
Eugene Hoshiko / AP
Feb
9

Is Competition without Conflict Possible? Mapping the Views of Chinese and Americans on Foreign Policy Issues

In-Person EVENT

At the Munich Security Conference, the Council and the Carter Center present their groundbreaking research and results from recent public opinion surveys examining Chinese and American perspectives on international security, trade relations, and China’s global role.

US-China Flags
Andy Wong / AP
Feb
14

Past Events

At the Water's Edge: Foreign Policy, Polarization, and the American Public

PAST EVENT VIDEO
America at 250

Craig Kafura, Sarah Maxey, and Gerard Baker discuss findings from the 2025 Chicago Council Survey, highlighting where Americans are divided—and where consensus still exists—on the US role in the world.

Gerard Baker, Sarah Maxey, and Craig Kafura on the Council stage
Ana Miyares Photography

Global Disinformation in a Post-Moderation World: Symposium Opening Plenary

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Ellen McCarthy, Suzanne Nossel, James Warren, and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss misinformation in this partner event with Northwestern University and the Kyiv-Mohyla Foundation of America.

Leslie Vinjamuri, James Warren, Ellen McCarthy, and Suzanne Nossel on the Council stage.
Ana Miyares Photography

Commentary

Davos Shockwaves: A Turning Point for America and Europe?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

At Davos, Martin Wolf and Sir Robin Niblett say the Greenland debacle exposed Europe's red line. Has the transatlantic relationship reached a turning point?

Trump at Davos
Markus Schreiber / AP
US Foreign Policy

Europe Is the US Establishment's Last Hope

In the News
Foreign Policy
Suzanne Nossel

"Liberal-minded US politicians and foreign-policy experts are now openly pinning their hopes for the free world on a stiffening of the European spine," Council Senior Nonresident Fellow Suzanne Nossel writes.

European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for an EU Summit
Omar Havana / AP
US Foreign Policy

Research

How Media Habits Shape American Foreign Policy Views

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz

As technology reshapes media ecosystems, Council polling finds the US public is struggling to weed out fact from fiction.

a person looks at their phone in front of an American flag backdrop
Ian Maule / AP
Public Opinion

Americans Support Free Trade Agreements but Deeply Divided on Tariffs

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Americans of all partisan stripes agree free trade agreements are important, but Republicans want them with a side of trade barriers.

Cargo containers line a ship at the Port of Oakland
Noah Berger / AP
Global Economy

Experts

Ivo H. Daalder 

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