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

A weekly reflection from Council President & CEO Leslie Vinjamuri on the ideas and events influencing the world today.

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. 

July 15, 2020

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Recent events, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, have all added new urgency to an old debate: Should the EU have its own army?

As it enters its 250th year, the United States faces an international political system it can neither dominate nor disregard. American leaders will have to do something they have long resisted: learn how to actually play the game.

The rise of remote work has had a dramatic impact on cities like Chicago, which must play to their strengths in order to compete in this new landscape.

On the heels of Ukrainian president Zelenskyy’s meeting with US President Biden, the 2021 Chicago Council Survey finds that a record 50 percent of Americans favor the use of US troops if Russia were to invade the rest of Ukraine.

An announcement made following the G7 Hiroshima Summit brings the group one step closer to a proposed “Economic Article 5.”