Leslie Vinjamuri, President & Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dr. Leslie Vinjamuri joined the Council in 2025 as the president and chief executive officer, after previously serving as director of the US and the Americas program at the Royal Institute of International A...

December 7, 2016, RESEARCH Report, Charu Chaturvedi, Download Report (PDF), Thirty leaders from Latin American and Caribbean countries met to discuss how to improve safety, reduce violence, and ultimately better the lives of young people living in cities., Executive Summary, The world today has t...

To mark the close of our centennial year, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is looking back on some of our most memorable quotes from speakers we hosted in 2022.

Related events, research, commentary, and analysis on Taiwan from the Council.

As organizations fight for funding and countries vie for international clout, the “soft power” move behind branded aid is beginning to show.

April 24, 2019, RESEARCH Working Paper by Kristin Ljungkvist, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), For an extended historical period, nation-states have held nearly sole responsibility for providing security, and they certainly continue to have the greatest responsibility today., Key Findings, Cities ...

Investigative reporter Catherine Belton joins Deep Dish host Brian Hanson to explain Vladimir Putin's rise to power.