On a crowded debate stage this week, Democratic candidates attempted to differentiate themselves from their competitors and energize supporters. New data from the 2019 Chicago Council Survey shows potential foreign policy fault lines between liberal and moderate/conservative Democratc voters—including how to manage undocumented immigrants and the threat of Iran’s nuclear program—that may determine which candidate they choose.
Read the Report
President Trump’s decision to move US troops out of northern Syria has raised concerns about the resurgence of the Islamic State. In the latest episode of Wait Just a Minute, Graeme Wood, journalist and author of The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State, answers timely questions about ISIS's current reach, capabilities, and deadly worldview.
Watch the VideoThe 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for his role in ending a 20-year military stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In fact, the historic rapprochement is just one element of the young leader’s ambitious, fast-moving reforms. Michael Woldemariam and Ertharin Cousin join Deep Dish to discuss.
Listen to the podcast
Watch the event video of a diverse panel of speakers exploring Japan’s approach to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
Watch now.Washington is torn between two futures for US foreign policy: one of engagement and intervention, another of restraint and retrenchment. But where do Americans stand? Read findings from the 2019 Chicago Council Survey of American public opinion on US foreign policy to learn how Americans feel on important issues, including climate change, immigration, China, and Iran.
While the development community—including global agriculture, health, and security practitioners—has been focused on combatting undernutrition, the number of people who are obese or overweight has been on the rise and is now on par with the 2 billion who are food insecure. A new report from senior fellow Roger Thurow examines the looming global obesity threat and the need to address the economic, security, and humanitarian threats it poses for the United States and the world.
In a new Foreign Affairs piece, nonresident fellow Paul Poast explains what optimists get wrong about conflict. “The political turmoil of recent years has largely disabused us of the notion that the world has reached some sort of utopian ‘end of history.’ And yet it can still seem that ours is an unprecedented era of peace and progress.”
At this exclusive Council event, the presidents of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI)—Derek Mitchell and Daniel Twining—reflect on the perilous state of global democracy and how America should respond.
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Doors open: 5:15 pm
Event: 5:30 pm
Chicago Council on Global Affairs Conference Center
McCormick Foundation Hall
130 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601
Registration closes October 29.
The Council offers globally minded Chicagoans opportunities to go behind the headlines and learn about what is happening around the world without leaving Chicago. Membership contributions also support the important work the Council does to connect Chicago to the world. Join today.
Learn more about our areas of focus:
