If the United States and China are competing over global public opinion, who’s winning, and where?

US President Donald Trump has called for regime change, the destruction of Iranian military capability, and the degradation of proxy groups. But an operation with multiple goals carries greater risk.

Global Cities Officer Rachel Abrams reflects on connecting city leaders from oceans away.

The two leaders left the US-China summit without any agreement on technology competition, trade, or Taiwan.

Chicago | July 23-24, 2025

Sheri Berman, professor of Political Science and author of Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe, explains why the Alternative for Germany (AfD) has emerged as a formidable populist challenger to the two long-dominant parties in Germany, the social democrats and the Christian democrats.

Do victories for Lula in Brazil and fellow leftist leaders across Latin America represent a new “pink tide” sweeping the continent?

Explore 100 Years of CCGA  Close , The book, "Chicago and the World," by Richard Longworth is a dual history, of a century of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and of the foreign policy battles and debates as they paraded across the Council's stage., The Council came to life in 1922 in ...

We are building a network of policy practitioners, academics, and political leaders focused on economic revival in industrial regions of North America and Europe.

Trump called Xi his “friend” during a May summit in Beijing. But that doesn’t mean the two leaders see eye to eye.