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Content covering Europe, including the countries of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and more.

Upcoming Events

Britain Alone, the Path from Suez to Brexit

Virtual

Members of the Council are invited to interact with award-winning journalist Philip Stephens on his new book, Britain Alone, analyzing a nation’s struggle to reconcile its waning power with past glory.

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Reuters
Oct
5
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Past Events

World Review: How 9/11 Shaped Our World

September 10, 2021
PAST EVENT VIDEO
World Review

Susan Glasser, Ryan Heath, and Ed Luce join Ivo Daalder to discuss the what went wrong and what went right for US foreign policy after the September 11 attacks.

9/11 terrorist attack memorial
REUTERS

World Review: After Afghanistan Exit, What’s Next?

September 3, 2021
PAST EVENT VIDEO
World Review

Karen DeYoung, Stefan Kornelius, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories, from Afghanistan to the upcoming German elections.

Afghanistan exit us troops
REUTERS
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Commentary & Analysis

Barriers to the Circular Economy

In the News
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Kris Hartley

Kris Hartley coauthors a study on barriers to circular economies demonstrated by the sustainability of Dutch technical and interior textiles industries.

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Ivan Radic
Climate and the Environment

Publics React to Mandatory Vaccination, the Olympics, and Governments' COVID Management

BLOG
Running Numbers by Coauthors

Populations around the world remain divided over how comfortable they are returning to normal life as the Delta variant spreads.

Olympic flag in Tokyo
REUTERS
COVID-19
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Research

Preventing Nuclear Proliferation and Reassuring America's Allies

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

A task force, cochaired by Chuck Hagel, Malcolm Rifkind, and Kevin Rudd with Ivo Daalder, argues that fraying American alliances and a rapidly changing security environment have shaken America’s nuclear security guarantees and threaten the 50-year-old nuclear nonproliferation regime.

Then US Vice President Joe Biden visits Observation Post Ouellette inside the DMZ, the military border separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom in 2013.
REUTERS
Defense and Security

Green COVID-19 Recovery and Transatlantic Leadership: What Are the Prospects?

RESEARCH
Report by Paul Hofhuis

A Democratic victory provides greater opportunity for transatlantic collaboration, but underlying structures for cooperation among societal stakeholders in the United States need to be reinvigorated.

U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry Remarks on COP21 and Action Beyond Paris
COP21
COVID-19
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Experts

Ivo H. Daalder 

President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Headshot of Ivo H. Daalder
Expertise
North America
Europe
Defense and Security
Global Politics
US Foreign Policy
Contact
idaalder@thechicagocouncil.org
Follow on Twitter
@IvoHDaalder
Phone
(312) 821-7501

Theresa Fallon 

Nonresident Senior Fellow
Council expert Theresa Fallon
Expertise
East Asia
Europe
Energy
Defense and Security
Global Politics
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