The Lester Crown Center on US Foreign Policy

The Lester Crown Center shapes debates and informs decisions on important US foreign policy and national security issues.
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Meet the Center Experts
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Ivo H. Daalder

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Cities
Ivo H. Daalder, has served as President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs since July, 2013. He was the U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from May 2009 to July 2013.
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Dina Smeltz

Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
With 25 years of experience designing and fielding international social and political surveys, Dina Smeltz joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs as senior fellow on public opinion and foreign policy in 2012.
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Karl Friedhoff

Fellow, Public Opinion and Asia Policy
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Who Failed in the Coronavirus Response?

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There is little doubt that the WHO was slow in responding to the danger represented by the emergence of a potentially new virus in China and that it was too willing to accept Beijing's statements of what was happening.
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Coming Together or Coming Apart?

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Genetics and Genomics Advancements to Tackle Constraints to Smallholder Poultry Production in Afria

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Lester Crown Center Events

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Defense Priorities For a New Decade

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Oct
15
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Decoupling or Recoupling US-China Relations

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25

World Review with Glasser, Kaminski, and Spiegel

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How Korea Transformed the Cold War

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