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Industrial Transition and Democracy
John Austin joined the European Committee of the Regions to discuss the link between populism and place, and how populism grows in deindustrialized regions.
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Will the World Still Look to America as a Champion of Democracy?
Council President Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, examines how the events at the US Capitol influence US standing abroad.
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1 Paths to New Prosperity and a Better Politics ...
salient industrial heartlands of our democracies. And in particular what we recently learned in the study tour bringing UK and European regional. ... democracies’ capacity to counter the rising threat from authoritarian powers like China and. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/Research/AustinOECDRegionalEcDevCommiteeTalk_TIH-Post-510.pdf -
2024 Will Be a Year of Elections That Could Reshape Global Politics
"The elections of 2024 could mark an inflection point for democracy globally and, by consequence, international relations," Paul Poast writes.
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2022 CHICAGO COUNCIL SURVEY THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL ...
Promoting human rights and democracy around the world. Overall Republican Democrat Independent. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/China%20Human%20Rights%202022%20Topline.pdf -
United States Splits from Global Trend on Abortion Rights
Banning abortion “doesn't look like a particularly democratic move for a country that purports to be a beacon of democracy,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on WGN-9.
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The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations 2 0 0 ...
In February 2004 seventeen members traveled to India, accompanied by Council president Marshall Bouton, for an intimate view of the world’s largest democracy and the second largest Muslim country. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/annual_report_2002-05.pdf -
THE PIPA/KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS POLLL
Despite the efforts of the Bush administratnumber of democracies will have wide-rangin Americans have doubts about whether democracy makes the world safer. ... PIPA/KN/CCFR 9/2005. Effect of More Democracy on World. 26%. 68%. When there are more https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2005-Democratization%20Report%20Sept%202005.pdf -
Russians and Americans Sense a New Cold War Dina ...
orbit. At the same time, US President Joe Biden has pitted the NATO struggle with Russia as well as the US competition with China as contests between democracies and autocracies. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/Final%20New%20Cold%20War%20Brief.pdf -
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November 1, 2005 Democracy as a Tool of U.S. Foreign Policy Dr. ... McFaul, director, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2006-07_annual_report_final.pdf -
America shrugs while democracy around the world retreats
For the 13th year in a row, freedom declined around the world — with more countries falling down freedom’s ranks than moving up.
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Muslim world (70%, up 4 percentage points from. 2006) and will not lead to the spread of democracy. ... The threat of terrorism has been reduced by the war. The war will lead to the spread of democracy in the Middle East. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2012_CCS_Report.pdf -
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332 South Michigan AvenueSuite 1100 Chicago, Illinois 60604thechicagocouncil.org. The Emerging Power of Big Data: The Chicago Experience June 2014. EMERGING LEADERS PERSPECTIVESGlobal Era • Different Challenges • New Priorities. The Emerging Pow. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-01/ELBigDataCities.pdf -
Pivot to Europe: US Public Opinion in a Time ...
This aligns with broader current American views on policy toward Russia and China, which support pushing back against these countries—particularly when they threaten democracies in their neighborhoods— but not in ... Promoting human rights and https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-10/2022%20Chicago%20Council%20Survey%20Report%20PDF_0.pdf -
IntroductionThe Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) outlined by the United ...
Educating girls tends to promote support for democracy.23. Educated women are more likely to participate in pol-itics and make concrete changes in the community than uneducated girls. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/womengirlschangeagents_report.pdf -
1 Regional Structural Policy in Pittsburgh and the Ruhr ...
The United States is not alone in this regard – most Western democracies contain. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/Ruhr-Pitt-Regional-Policy-ShortReport.pdf -
Western Pennsylvania, USA and Germany’s Ruhr A Transatlantic Dialogue ...
Western Pennsylvania, USA and Germany’s Ruhr. A Transatlantic Dialogue on Making and Managing Economic Transition. The Transforming Industrial Heartlands Initiative, founded in 2019, uses economic development. to protect democratic institutions https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-07/Ruhr-WPA-TransatlanticDialoguereport7-5_TIR.pdf -
Constrained Internationalism: Adapting to New Realities Results of a ...
Constrained Internationalism: Adapting to New Realities. Results of a 2010 National Survey of American Public Opinion. Global Vi ews 2010. Global Views 2010 Team Marshall M. Bouton, Study chairRachel Bronson, Team memberGregory Holyk, Team https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/Global%20Views%202010.pdf -
Support for combating global hunger is on the rise ...
Pending legislation can help address global hungerIn a representative democracy like the United States, the government is charged with enacting the will of the people. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/CCGA_2022_Hunger_Survey_brief_final_0.pdf -
LESTER CROWN CENTER ON US FOREIGN POLICY Divided We ...
LESTER. CROWN CENTER ON US FOREIGN POLICY. Divided We StandDemocrats and Republicans Diverge on US Foreign Policy. By Dina Smeltz, Ivo Daalder, Karl Friedhoff, Craig Kafura, and Brendan Helm. R E S U L T S O F T H E 2 0 2 0 C H I C A G O C O U N C I https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/report_2020ccs_americadivided_0.pdf -
Serving the Citizens—Not the BureaucracyA Strategic Vision for City ...
Serving the Citizens—Not the BureaucracyA Strategic Vision for City Procurement. Sascha HaselmayerJUNE 2021. THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION. ALL STATEMENTS OF FACT AND EXPRESSIONS OF OPINION https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-06/CCGA-City%20procurement_vFb%5B94%5D.pdf -
RejectingRetreatAmericans Support US Engagement in Global Affairs LESTER CROWN ...
Promoting democracy and human rights around the world. Using US troops to defend allies. ... US military alliances with other countries. Maintaining US military superiority. Promoting democracy and human rights around the world. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/report_ccs19_rejecting-retreat_20190909.pdf -
A special issue looking back at 2008 and 2009. ...
Scholl Foundation Lecture on U.S.-China Relations in June 2009. Corporate Programs on India provided the latest thinking on the world’s most populous market democracy. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/communique_08-09_annual_report.pdf -
Paths to New Prosperity Paper_Chicago Council Final Final Draft-2
Sharing these stories more purposefully and seeing them inspire similar action will enhance the economic and political health of our democracies. ... 14. citizens will continue to drive a polarizing populist politics that is undermining our democracies https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Paths%20to%20New%20Prosperity%20Paper%20FINAL%203.22.22.pdf -
CCGA-IranPoll Jan-Feb Survey Topline[29]
It will have no effect 28 CCGA7a: In your opinion, which of the following best describes the state of democracy in the United States? https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/CCGA-IranPoll%20Jan-Feb%20Survey%20Topline.pdf -
Ahead of Biden-Moon Summit, South Koreans and Americans Align ...
A majority (54%) think that the alliance is based on the security interests of both countries as well as shared values such as democracy and human rights. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Final%20-%20Biden-Moon%20Summit%20Brief_0.pdf -
THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON GLOBAL AFFAIRS - 1 SummaryAs ...
opportunities for immigrants and their fam-ilies to become full participants in democracy.” The website includes information aimed at individuals seeking accurate infor-mation and updates about DACA and DAPA, provides https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-07/Immigration%20Paper_v4-final.pdf -
Executive summary Cities are now more connected than ever ...
When asked about the primary focus areas of the networks in which they participate, four—governance and democracy; climate change; the environment; and urban planning, land management, and sustainability—surfaced as https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-05/toward_city_diplomacy_report_180207.pdf -
Chicago’s Global StrategyA model for effectively engaging the world ...
interest in the event Seoul itself had just emerged from a decade of political turmoil to establish a stable democracy, and the Games offered a launch pad to unveil a new, https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/report_chicagosglobalstrategy-170718.pdf -
Working Paper: How Economic Sanctions are Used in U.S. ...
Working Paper: How Economic Sanctions are Used in U.S. Foreign Policy. Ethan Kessler, Research Associate. March 2022. Introduction Economic sanctions are commonly used tools of U.S. foreign policy whose history, legal mechanisms, costs, and effects https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-03/Sanctions%20Working%20Paper%20-%20CCGA%20Template.pdf -
America's Not the Only Place Democracy is Under Siege
Ivo Daalder, Kori Schake and David Sanger discuss the international challenges facing the Biden administration.
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Public Attitudes on US Intelligence 2020 Final Trump-Era Survey ...
inform scholarly and general debate over the proper role of secret intelligence in our open democracy. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-05/Public%20Attitudes%20on%20US%20Intelligence%20Brief.pdf -
By Dina Smeltz, Ivo Daalder, Karl Friedhoff, Craig Kafura, ...
By Dina Smeltz, Ivo Daalder, Karl Friedhoff, Craig Kafura, and Lily Wojtowicz. LESTER. CROWN CENTER ON US FOREIGN POLICY. America Engaged. 2 0 1 8 C H I C A G O C O U N C I L S U R V E Y. American Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy. 2018 Chicago https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/report_ccs18_america-engaged_181002.pdf -
Participatory Governance in Local Care ProgramsLessons from Bogotá and ...
Participatory governance must not be an afterthought or a mere instrument through which the illusion of democracy is presented. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-12/Participatory-Governance-in-Local-Care-Programs.pdf -
H EALTHY FOOD FOR A HEALTHY WORLD:L E V ...
H EALTHY FOOD FOR A HEALTHY WORLD:L E V E R A G I N G A G R I C U LT U R E A N D F O O D TO I M P R O V E G L O B A L N U T R I T I O NDouglas Bereuter and Dan Glickman, cochairs. S P O N S O R E D B Y. Healthy Food for a H. ealthy World. The https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/GlobalAg-HealthyFood_FINAL-Revised.pdf -
Executive SummaryThe United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ...
Executive SummaryThe United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet.” While the goals were designed to https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/report_global-goals-global-cities_190923.pdf -
FINAL Expert Survey Russia China United States
Ideologically, Moscow and Beijing have shared interests in rejecting US hegemony and democracy promotion efforts. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/final_expert_survey_russia_china_united_states.pdf -
From Scarcity to Security Ch icago Co un cil ...
From. Scarcity to. Security. Ch. icago. Co. un. cil on G. lob. al Aff. airs 2019. Sponsored by. From Scarcity to Security:Managing Water for a Nutritious Food Future. Ertharin Cousin and A.G. Kawamura Cochairs. Mark W. Rosegrant Principal author. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/report_from-scarcity-to-security_20190321.pdf -
The United States and the Rise of China and ...
Sixty-four percent also disagree that the war will lead to the spread of democracy in the Middle East (32% agree). ... The war has worsened America’s relations with the Muslim world. The war will lead to the spread of democracy in the Middle East. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2006-Chicago-Council-Survey-PDF-Report.pdf -
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activities. The original goals of this project were to inform scholarly and general debate on the proper role of secret intelligence in our open democracy and to help government officials design https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/report_public-attitudes-american-intelligence_200908.pdf -
Anxious Americans Seek a New Direction in United States ...
leadership on climate change and international terrorism primarily benefits Americans. Make Exporting Democracy a Low Priority. ... Further, a majority (57%) believes the United States should not support a country becoming a democracy if there is a high https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2008-Chicago-Council-Survey-PDF-Report.pdf -
Global Views 2004 - US
G L O B A L V I E W S 2 0 0 4. THE CHICAGO COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS. American Public Opinionand Foreign Policy. CCFR TEAM. Marshall M. Bouton, Study chair. Catherine Hug, Team member and study editor. Steven Kull, Team member. Benjamin I. Page, https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2004-Chicago-Council-Survey-PDF-Report.pdf -
In Madrid, NATO Must Focus on the Long Term
As NATO meets in Madrid, Ivo Daalder stresses that they must focus on the long term and include "all those in Europe who stand for freedom and democracy."
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CEPP Report Chicago Council Final 16 Feb 2019
bedrock of democracy, a free society, and human dignity. ... Public expectations confer a greater responsibility on corporations to act boldly, stand up, and speak out on behalf of public values and fundamental rights as the bedrock of democracy. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-01/CEPP%20Report%20Chicago%20Council%20Final%2016%20Feb%202019.pdf -
US Report v.2
w o r l d v i e w s 2 0 0 2. A m e r i c a n P u b l i c O p i n i o n & F o r e i g n P o l i c y. I N T R O D U C T I O N. 2. T H E F I N D I N G S I N S U M M A R Y. 5. C H A P T E R O N E : R E F O C U S E D I N T E R N AT I O N A L I S M A F T https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2002-Chicago-Council-Survey-PDF-Report.pdf -
Guiding Principles for a Sustainable U.S. Policy Toward Russia, ...
At the same time, the United States must recognize that the long-term challenge of promoting democracy in Russia and Eurasia will be a demand-driven rather than supply-driven process. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-08/guiding_principles_sustainable_us_russia_170209.pdf -
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Surprisingly, only 51 percent of respondents think of South Korea as a democracy (with 40% thinking it is not a democracy), despite the country’s status as one of the most ... democracy? Or how can policymakers feel comfortable pushing for passage of https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/US%20Attitudes%20toward%20the%20Republic%20of%20Korea.pdf -
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Divesting from repressive governments would boost US credibility by reducing the divide between US rhetoric and practice regarding democracy. ... Given the Biden administration’s focus on aligning democracies against nondemocratic threats, that https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/Less%20is%20More%20-%20US%20SSA%20to%20Africa%208-2023%2C%20Published.pdf -
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WORLD PUBLIC OPINION 2007. Globalization and TradeClimate ChangeGenocide and DarfurFuture of the United NationsUS LeadershipRise of China. WORLDPUBLICOPINION.ORG. INTRODUCTION. 5. GLOBAL ANALYSIS1. Globalization and Trade. 82. Climate Change. 133. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/2007-Chicago-Council-Survey-PDF-Report.pdf -
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Presumably, efforts to supportPresident Boris Yeltsin in promoting amarket economy and democracy inRussia, and to encourage nuclear disar-mament have had a positive impact.Nevertheless, the figure is still 25 https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-11/1994--Chicago-Council-Survey-PDF-Report.pdf