Council President Ivo Daalder answers questions on the latest global affairs or foreign policy issues and news submitted by his followers via social media using #AskIvo.

November 30, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, NASA, Download Report (PDF), In 2015, for the first time in Chicago Council Survey history, a majority of Democrats say that climate change requires immediate action and are three times more likely than Republicans...

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Ravi Agrawal, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

June 12, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Michael Tiboris, Download Report (PDF), This report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs examines ways that urban waterway development might be used by cities., Introduction, This report aims to solicit and examine concrete ways in which urban waterway deve...

Ravi Agrawal, Steven Erlanger, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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Trump and Xi are meeting in Beijing to try to reset US-China relations at a moment of growing instability. Oriana Skylar Mastro breaks down China’s ambitions and what could come next.

December 14, 2017, RESEARCH Working Paper by Karen Weigert, Nastya Dulhiier, Download Report (PDF), Karen Weigert shares four ways we can respond to future cyberattacks., In a new era of both warfare and terrorism, cyberattacks are a growing global weapon and their frequent target is energy. In t...

Budget cuts, global crises, and a disengaged US, Deep Dish explores the UN at a pivotal moment and whether it can still deliver.