This global affairs book club takes readers "Beyond the Page" on topics shaping our world.

We breakdown the mystery behind the BRICS and its evolving role in shaping the global order.

For decades, the United States has been the driving force pushing for new rules to govern world trade. What if the other major countries of the world assumed that mantle in our absence? It’s happening.

August 12, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Alexander Hitch , Brendan Helm , and Craig Kafura, John Reed, Download Report (PDF), There is general agreement across those in urban, suburban, and rural communities on the topics of the economy and climate change, but there's a difference of op...

A collaboration between the Council and Ipsos to measure public opinion on the major foreign policy issues of the moment.

In 2022, there were about 170,000 troops stationed outside of the U.S. and its territories, according to the Department of Defense. As of June 2023, there were over 30,000 troops stationed in the Middle East alone, before America expanded its military presence following Hamas' attack on Israel i...

https://chinadatalab.ucsd.edu/viz-blog/china-from-the-ground-up-what-16-waves-of-public-opinion-surveys-tell-us-about-china-and-chinese-views ... www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3312261/china-already-had-graduate-jobs-crisis-trade-war-making-it-worse ... 2025-02-27/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-central-bank-asks-state-lenders-reduce-dollar-purchases-sources-say

Can an administration that up to this point has been belligerent towards traditional US democratic allies and has rejected many forms of multilateralism be able to turn the page and shift from "America First" to "American Led"?

Do Chicagoans truly understand the role the Navy plays around the world and the increasing challenges it faces?

If Russia's war on Ukraine continues to escalate, could nuclear weapons enter the picture? Emma Belcher looks at the risk and what we can do to reduce the threat.