Events
YP Meet-Up: "Debate: Is Human Rights Dead?"

Immediately following the public program, Debate: Is Human Rights Dead?, Council Young Professionals are invited to join us for continued conversation. “YP Meet-Ups” are informal events following select programming, and give YPs the opportunity to network ...

External Commentary
Apart, Atop, Amidst: America in the World

https://warontherocks.com/2017/01/apart-atop-amidst-america-in-the-world/ Bruce Jentleson January 12, 2017 War on the RocksGlobal Security, Policy & Politics Bruce Jentleson ...

External Commentary
Are We Entering a New Era in Foreign Policy?

http://www.realclearworld.com/video/2017/01/13/the_era_of_us_dominance_is_over.h... Ivo H. Daalder January 13, 2017 Real Clear WorldGlobal Security, Policy & PoliticsGlobal Security, Policy & Politics Ivo H. Daalder ...

Events
Beyond the Book: Education for the Next Generation

The number of American passport holders has doubled in the last decade as globalization has impacted our businesses, homes, and increasingly – our classrooms. Students today are exposed to more global ideas than any of the proceeding generations, be it th ...

Events
The Global LGBTQ Rights Movement

The historic 2015 US Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage put the US on par with over 20 other nations in advancing the LGBTQ movement. However, countries like Uganda have done the opposite, passing laws that criminalize homosexuality. Despit ...

Publications
What is the Paris Climate Agreement?

https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/paris_climate_agreement.jpg Policy & Politics, Global Energy, Global Cities 0Research Karen Weigert, Sam Tabory April 21, 2017 0 ...

Events
Immigration Implications: Local, State, and Federal

Immigration policies are set by the federal government, but their effects are felt most acutely in local communities. State legislators are filling the gaps left by federal inaction on immigration reform, and creating innovative local policies to support ...

Events
Rhodes Less Traveled: A Conversation With Ben Rhodes

Ben Rhodes, the architect behind much of President Obama’s foreign policy strategy, was instrumental in the administration’s widely debated re-opening of relations with Cuba and the infamous Syrian red line incident. During his tenure, Rhodes served as bo ...