Publications

Deep Dish: The Immigrant Consumer-Producer

Populations across Midwest metros are either shrinking or experiencing slowing growth rates, especially in prime working-age adults. But influxes of immigrants are helping offset those declines. Immigration expert Sara McElmurry and expert demographer Rob Paral break down a new report from the Council about these changing demographics in and discuss how to harness this growth in a politically sensitive time.

External Commentary

How Cuts to the State Department Weaken America

External Commentary

For Cities of the Future, Three Paths to Power

This Week's Reads – Is Europe Doomed?

This week’s reads look at the pressures building against the European Union and how it could ultimately break down.

TPP May Not Be Sunk After All (And Missing the Boat Could Be Costly)

The bill for forgoing TPP is coming due. Perhaps its price will make the administration reconsider. 

External Commentary

The Non-Existent Trade Threat To US Sovereignty

One More Question with Amani Al-Khatahtbeh

We asked Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, founder and editor of MuslimGirl.com, about media misrepresentation during the International Women's Day Global Health Symposium. See what she said.

This Week's Reads – The Vanishing State Department

"An effective US foreign policy depends on a strong State Department," writes Council President Ivo Daalder. In This Week’s Reads, Daalder looks at the organizational troubles facing the State Department and highlights some of the diplomatic pressures coming from abroad.

Deep Dish: Mexican Ambassador on Trump, NAFTA, and The Wall

While Mexico and the United States have done a great many things together, "the one thing that we won't be doing together is building a wall," says former Mexican Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhán. On the latest Deep Dish podcast, Sarukhán sits down with Council President Ivo Daalder for a frank ambassador-to-ambassador conversation about Trump, the border wall, NAFTA, and more.