Publications

External Commentary

The State of American Global Leadership with Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay

Women, Peace, and Security: What It Is and Why It Matters

Since its creation, the Women, Peace, and Sercurity agenda has driven the UN to be increasingly concerned with women’s empowerment as well as inclusive policymaking and implementation. Grasping the agenda’s scope can shed light on ways that different stakeholders can work to advance the agenda.

Chicago’s New Regional Plan: Big Talk, Smaller Walk

If you attended the unveiling of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning’s new On To 2050 plan earlier this month, you might think it an audacious effort to solve the region’s extraordinary problems in transformational fashion. The plan itself tells a more modest story.

External Commentary

America's Global 'Throne' Sits Empty, Former Ambassador Says

This Week's GFFT News: Gene-Editing, Crop Burning, and Famine in Yemen

External Commentary

1-on-1 with Ivo Daalder: A Discussion of the New Book "The Empty Throne"

Guest Commentary- Closing the Gap with Impact Investing: Reassuring Trust in the Sustainable Development Goals

Council intern and New York University student Lauren Stadler writes about the complexities and opportunities in achieving SDG2.

Deep Dish: Iran, Russia, and China, the Triple-Axis

This often overlooked but important geopolitical trio, Iran, Russia, and China, is the subject of a new book by this week's Deep Dish podcast guests. 

This Week's Reads: The Empty Throne

America is abdicating its global leadership role, as Ivo Daalder and James M. Lindsay explain in a new book out this week.