The Council has announced that a major gift to its Second Century Campaign from the Crown Family has made possible the establishment of the Lester Crown Center on US Foreign Policy. The Center will host an annual "Lester Crown Distinguished Lecture on US Foreign Policy," convene a Lester Crown National Security Roundtable, and produce the Council’s annual public opinion survey and foreign policy research.
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The establishment of the Lester Crown Center on US Foreign Policy will enhance the Council’s ability to increase public engagement and foster a deeper understanding of the public’s attitudes on critical foreign policy issues.
Learn moreFor more than 40 years, the Council’s annual public opinion survey has captured critical shifts in American thinking on US foreign policy. The Crown Center’s polling work will continue this heritage while building a new tradition of research that seeks to inform—and influence—the public debate on critical global issues. The 2018 Chicago Council Survey will be released in October.
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Ambassador James Dobbins established the US embassy in Kabul at the beginning of the War in Afghanistan in 2001. Since then, the United States and its NATO allies have been at constant war. On this week's Deep Dish podcast, Dobbins and former US Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute discuss whether and how an endgame might take shape in America's longest war.
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There are two clear reasons why the administration might want to double its Turkey tariffs - one economic, one diplomatic, writes Phil Levy in Forbes. The downsides to this move may outweigh those motivations, including that if Turkey fails it will not do so in isolation.
"The United States must ensure that the front line of national defense is now embedded in the front line of our energy system," Karen Weigert told Chicago Tonight following an announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that foreign hackers infiltrated US utility companies.
Our web series, Wait Just a Minute, asks experts to answer complex questions about global affairs in 60 seconds. In this episode, military historian and author of The Big Stick, Eliot Cohen, answers questions about the biggest challenge facing the international order, how "America First" affects US security, and what advice he'd give to US allies.
Watch video.What is driving the focus on identity in politics today? On September 10, Francis Fukuyama explores how identity can be molded to support, rather than undermine, democracy.
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