The Global Edge: An Agenda for Chicago's Future

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report recommends Chicago's leaders focus on priorities of infrastructure, human capital, and global engagement.

Chicago skyline.
Allen McGregor
Global Cities

2006 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The 2006 Chicago Council survey focused on U.S. and international public opinion on the rise of China and India and its implications for the international order and U.S. foreign policy.

The American flag
Samuel Branch
Public Opinion

2005 Chicago Council Democracy Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey

The 2005 Chicago Council Survey explored public opinion on democracy promotion post-September 11 world as one of the core principles of US foreign policy.

 Shadows cast from a crowd of people in front of an American flag.
REUTERS
Public Opinion

Global Chicago

RESEARCH
Book by Coauthors

Global Chicago offers unique insights into the city's global assets and its economic, social, intellectual, and cultural links to the world as seen from an insider's perspective.

Chicago skyline at dusk
Allen McGregor
Global Cities

2004 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The 2004 Chicago Council Survey explores public opinion on core concepts about the world order, the rights and responsibilities of nation-states, and the role of unprecedented American power.

City crosswalk busy with pedestrians. Public Opinion

2002 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The 2002 Chicago Council survey made it clear that 9/11 had a profound impact on the American mood and U.S. relationships with allies and former enemies and nations in which we thought we had little stake were seen in a new light.

City crosswalk busy with pedestrians. Public Opinion

Global Chicago: Two Reports on Chicago's Assets and Opportunities as a Global City

RESEARCH
Report by Richard C. Longworth

America’s cities are becoming increasingly important actors on the global stage. The idea that cities must reflexively submit to impersonal global forces is giving way to the recognition that civic and community leaders can shape a city’s response to global trends.

Allen McGregor/Flickr
Global Cities

1998 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The 1998 Chicago Council Survey results reflect a "guarded engagement" by a largely satisfied superpower.

President Bill Clinton plays the tenor saxophone for Russian President Boris Yeltsin
Robert McNeely
Public Opinion

1994 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The 1994 Chicago Council survey indicates that American attitudes at both public and leadership levels reflect a "pragmatic internationalism."

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, U.S. president Bill Clinton, and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat.
The White House
Public Opinion

1990 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The 1990 Chicago Council Survey was performed during an age of global economic competition.

US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Predident Mikhail Gorbachev hold a press conference at the Helsinki Summit, Finland on September 9, 1990.
George Bush Presidential Library
Public Opinion