Public Opinion and America's Next Global Priorities

Ivo H. Daalder, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Jane Harman, Director, President, and CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Kori Schake, Research Fellow, The Hoover Institution, Stanford University; Dina Smeltz, Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy. Moderated by Jackson Diehl.

Public Opinion and America's Next Global Priorities

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are set to have a historic clash on foreign policy. But what are the views of the American people – Democrats, Republican, and Independents – and how do these reflect or inform party platforms? The 2016 Chicago Council Survey of American public opinion on US foreign policy will reveal the partisan divisions, as well as surprising convergences, on topics such as trade, immigration, terrorism, and climate change. A major report on the survey will be released by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs – in partnership with The Washington Post and the Wilson Center – in advance of the October presidential debate on foreign policy. A panel of experts will debate what the survey findings mean for the future of American foreign policy and American influence and power abroad.

Speaker Bio

Ivo H. Daalder

@IvoHDaalder

President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Ivo H. Daalder is president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He served as the US ambassador to NATO from 2009-2013. Prior to his appointment as ambassador to NATO by President Obama, Daalder was a senior fellow in foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, specializing in American foreign policy, European security and transatlantic relations, and national security affairs. Before joining Brookings in 1998, he was an associate professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and director of research at its Center for International and Security Studies. He also served as director for European affairs on President Bill Clinton’s National Security Council staff from 1995-97. Ambassador Daalder is the author and editor of 10 books and is a frequent contributor to the opinion pages of the world’s leading newspapers, and a regular commentator on international affairs on television and radio. He was educated at the universities of Kent, Oxford, and Georgetown, and received his PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Schedule

9:45 a.m.
Registration

10:00 a.m.
Panel discussion and Q&A

11:30 a.m.
Adjournment

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