The Council's America at 250 Global Forum convened high-level policymakers, world-class scholars and experts, business leaders, and influential thought leaders to reflect on America’s past and inform its future.

We need smart and efficient food systems to preserve the Earth—are young people the silver bullet?

From Venezuela to Greenland, the US has dominated global headlines one year into Trump’s second term. But what comes next, and how is the world reacting? Join Emma Ashford and Ryan Hass as we discuss these topics among others.

December 1, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sam Dong and Karl Friedhoff, Noah Berger / AP, Download Report (PDF), Americans of all partisan stripes agree free trade agreements are important, but Republicans want them with a side of trade barriers., Since re-entering the White House this y...

City Council legislation on foreign policy tripled in the chamber in the last four years, according to a ChicagoGlobal analysis.

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Karl Friedhoff, Evan Vucci / AP, Download Report (PDF), While supporters of both parties see benefits in US security agreements, Republicans tend to be more concerned about the associated costs., For the past 75 years, the US alli...

Nonresident Fellow Sascha Haselmayer discusses his new book, which synthesizes the lessons he learned from his work with cities, governments, and NGOs.

While coronavirus restrictions are being incrementally removed in certain countries, some people are feeling concern at returning to the activities that had characterized their pre-pandemic lives.

In some countries the year of the pandemic is coming to a close, with successful vaccination campaigns providing an exit from pandemic restrictions. But that’s not the case everywhere.

With the global infection rate increasing for the first time since April, some countries are pumping the brakes on ambitious recovery plans.