The Next Generation team manages programs for the Young Professionals network and Emerging Leaders Program. The Intern, Next Generation will work closely with the Assistant Director, Next Generation who develops and executes on the Emerging Leaders Progra ...


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Travel can be one of the greatest tools for our global community to better understand each other and our world, but since the coronavirus pandemic slowed travel and tourism to a near halt, the industry’s future is in limbo. Economies and industries depend ...


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This year marks the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, provoking fresh attention to the legacy of the “Forgotten War” in the United States. One key legacy of the war is how it affected the Cold War and militarized the competition between the ...


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Since the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite in 1957, space has become home to thousands of satellites that are critical to national and international infrastructure for global communications, navigation, internet, environmental monitoring, an ...



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Learn more about the Council's Emerging Leaders Program, selection criteria, and application and selection process for the Emerging Leaders Class of 2022. Every year the Chicago Council on Global Affairs selects a class of approximately 20 participan ...