The 2020 presidential election will be decided in large part by the Midwest with key issues like trade wars and immigration driving the debates. Access to balanced views on the economic, political, and social factors that are influencing American foreign policy will be critically important.
This fall, the Council on Global Affairs and the Financial Times are hosting a series of discussions on foreign policy topics central to the 2020 United States presidential election. As voters confront starkly different foreign policy worldviews, the America in 2020 event series convenes influential voices with distinct perspectives to examine issues with far-reaching implications for America’s future.
As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs does not support or oppose any candidate for political office and is prohibited from any political fundraising.
Any media inquiries should be made to media@thechicagocouncil.org.
Past Events
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LIVE STREAM: Weapons of Math Destruction - Data and Statistics in Foreign Policy
Craig Kafura, Assistant Director, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy; Karl Friedhoff, Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies
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LIVE STREAM: Trade-Offs in the Global Economy
Ambassador Michael Froman, Former United States Trade Representative (2013-17); Ambassador Susan Schwab, Former United States Trade Representative (2006-09)
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LIVE STREAM: Revisiting US Middle East Strategy
Martin Indyk, Distinguished Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Karim Sadjadpour, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institution
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LIVE STREAM: Decoupling or Recoupling US-China Relations
Lindsey Ford, Fellow, Center for East Asia Policy, Brookings; James B. Steinberg, Former United States Deputy Secretary of State; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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VIRTUAL: President's Club Conversation on Scoring the Presidential Debates with Todd Graham
Todd Graham, Director of Debate, Southern Illinois University
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LIVE STREAM: Defense Priorities for a New Decade
Andrew Bacevich, Professor Emeritus, Boston University; Christine Wormuth, Former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
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LIVE STREAM: Members-Only Conversation on Voting Rights, Access, and Integrity
Carolyn DeWitt, President and Executive Director, Rock the Vote; Tiana Epps-Johnson, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Tech and Civic Life; Myrna Pérez, Director, Voting Rights and Elections Program, Brennan Center for Justice
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LIVE STREAM: Protecting the US Political System from Pandemic Threats
Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution; Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
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LIVE STREAM: Election Vulnerabilities
Noah Praetz, Former Director of Elections, Cook County, Illinois; Whitney May, Director, Government Services, Center for Tech & Civic Life; Lawrence Norden, Director, Election Reform Program, Brennan Center for Justice
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CANCELLED: Election Interference, Infrastructure, and (Mis)Information
Noah Praetz, Former Director of Elections, Cook County, Illinois; Young Mie Kim, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Whitney May, Director, Government Services, Center for Tech & Civic Life
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CANCELLED: President's Club Silver Dinner with 2020 Bouton Fellow
Ichiro Fujisaki, President, Nakasone Peace Institute; Former Ambassador of Japan to the United States
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Tina Brown on Women, Politics, and Leadership
Tina Brown, Founder and CEO, Tina Brown Live Media, Women in the World
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Election 2020 and the Pulse of the Heartland - President's Club Dinner
John Austin, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Director, Michigan Economic Center; Molly Beck, State and Government Politics Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Shia Kapos, Author, Politico Illinois Playbook; Robert Leonard, Host, KNIA/KRLS Radio Iowa
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Election 2020 and the Pulse of the Heartland
John Austin, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Director, Michigan Economic Center; Molly Beck, State and Government Politics Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Shia Kapos, Author, Politico Illinois Playbook; Robert Leonard, Host, KNIA/KRLS Radio Iowa
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US-Iran Conflict: Prospects for De-Escalation
Kelly Magsamen, Vice President, National Security and International Policy, Center for American Progress
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The New Era of US-China Competition
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Georgetown University and Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
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Joseph S. Nye on Morality in Foreign Policy
Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor and former Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
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Heitkamp on Rural America and Election 2020
Heidi Heitkamp , Former United States Senator, North Dakota; Board Director, One Country Project
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President's Club Conference Call: Election Interference
Gideon Cohn-Postar, Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; PhD Candidate, History, Northwestern University
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John Delaney on American Foreign Policy
John Delaney, Former United States Representative, 6th Congressional District, Maryland
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John Negroponte on American National Security Priorities for 2020
John Negroponte, Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates; Former Deputy Secretary of State; Former Ambassador to the United Nations
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Engage or Retreat? American Views on US Foreign Policy
Ivo H. Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Richard Fontaine, CEO, Center for a New American Security; Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, Wilson Center; Dina Smeltz, Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
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