October 14, 2025 - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Julianne Smith as Distinguished Nonresident Fellow in Defense and Security. Smith, who served as the U.S. permanent representative to NATO during the Biden administration, will join the C...

Council Distinguished Fellow and Former Executive Director of the World Food Program Catherine Bertini reflects on why elevating women and girls worldwide matters.

It's not your imagination. Chicago has experienced a unicorn explosion in recent years. What makes the area so appealing?

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Jacob Plummer's background is in management, operations, and investment in technology-enabled health services, and he previously led global business development at Allscripts, an international health software company. At Allscripts, he o...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Lydia Stazen is a globally recognized leader and subject matter expert with two decades of experience across policy organizations, public-private partnerships, and university systems. She is widely reg...

Susan Glasser, Ryan Heath, and Stefan Kornelius join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book, we revisit Dianet and her daughter Keytlin to see how they are faring.

December 2, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Christopher Kindell and Laura Valdés, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Two case studies from Bogotá and Chicago demonstrate how cities embraced participatory governance frameworks in their COVID-19 pandemic responses., Among the many urban crises precipitated...

In lieu of a new World Review, Ivo Daalder talks with Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd about the foreign policy objectives of the United States and China and how these superpowers can prevent competition from sparking a conflict.