Jennifer Thompson leads this Next Generation Series breakfast. Covering everything from Africa’s economic forecast to energy innovation, the Next Generation Series brings together the Council’s YP members and Emerging Leaders for roundtable discussions t ...
History can be a casualty of war and instability—the looting of the Iraq Museum in 2003, the demolition of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001, and now the destruction of Syria’s ancient sites amidst the chaos. Thirty to forty percent of Aleppo’s an ...
Farmer and philanthropist Howard G. Buffett has set an ambitious goal of ending hunger and poverty for the world’s nearly one billion chronically impoverished people by 2045. Between now and then, Howard G. Buffett plans to invest more than $3 billion to f ...
Summary By Richard C. Longworth In his inaugural speech as the new Chicago Council president, Ivo Daalder said this country faces the "paradox of American power" — the decline of America's global influence even as it remains by far the worl ...
Climate change. Famine. Drought. Stephen Emmott argues that it is all our fault and will only get worse as our population swells to 10 billion by the end of the century. Consider that it takes 3,000 liters of water to produce one burger and the United Stat ...
The United States and China’s governance problems are in many ways mirror images of each other, according to Nicolas Berggruen. While the US confronts an ongoing fiscal crisis with political gridlock, China’s one-party system, flush with foreign reserves, ...
The second largest economy in Latin America, Mexico is undergoing rapid social, political, and economic change. A new generation of leaders is working to reclaim Mexico’s status as a dynamic and thriving global player. Yet the legacies of drug related viol ...
Decision making ability is arguably the essence of the American presidency. President George W. Bush was a legendary “gut player” while President Barack “No Drama” Obama has garnered a reputation for being thorough and deliberate. From the “man of action” ...
In the past five decades, individual life expectancy has increased by 15 years in almost every country in the world. Technology and preventive care have significantly improved global public health, but the resulting demographic shift brings new challenges. ...
In an age of smartphones, apps, and tablets, big tech companies and enthusiastic techies alike are constantly embarking on ambitious projects to tackle the world's ills. Technology may allow us to solve once-intractable problems, but what are the cons ...
