Jamil Anderlini, Ken Moriyasu, and Liz Sly join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

The Kyrgyz community in Chicagoland is small, but its economic footprint is expanding. New Kyrgyz businesses in the service industry, logistics, and shipping are bridging Illinois and Central Asia.

October 9, 2017, RESEARCH Book by Ivo H. Daalder , Dina Smeltz , and Craig Kafura, George Bakos, This book, meant for students in American foreign policy, gives a broad introduction to a wide range of domestic factors that influence US policymakers., The seventh edition of this leading reader for...

Anton La Guardia, Elise Labott, and Lee Hockstader join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Content covering countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Yemen, and more.

Issues, Is Iran on the Brink of Collapse? What Might Come Next?, Virtual EVENT, Rapid Response, International Crisis Group's Ali Vaez joins the Council's Rachel Bronson to analyze and discuss the multidimensional factors facing the future of Iran, the region, and the world as events unfold in rea...

March 11, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Caroline Kaeb and David Scheffer, Download Summary (PDF) Download Report (PDF), This paper provides recommendations for corporate engagement with public policy issues for societal objectives., Introduction, Business is “expected to lead” and be a “tr...

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the Council will draw on local, national, and global perspectives to illuminate America’s past, present, and future. 

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.