In 2018, Ambassador Francisco Santos spoke at the Council to discuss a new chapter in Colombia’s history — the Latin American country had recently forged a historic peace agreement, was experiencing rapid economic growth, and had made significant gains in ...
Globalization is being challenged by nationalists, undercut by trade wars, and battered by the pandemic, while “America First” appeals to the nation’s isolationist impulses. But with economic volatility, inequality, and a warming planet—can the United Sta ...
Please join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in welcoming United States Senator Tammy Duckworth for a virtual discussion on sexual assault in the military. Senator Duckworth will share her unique perspective as an Iraq War Veteran, Purple Heart recip ...
From Port-au-Prince to Lima to Boston, much of the world is experiencing rising levels of inequality. Among some of the poorest communities in the world, Dr. Paul Farmer, as a physician and anthropologist, and Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, as a theologian and pr ...
Capitalist democracy is under stress. The European Union is engulfed in a sovereign debt crisis that threatens its very existence, while the United States is facing its own potentially devastating public finance crunch. On both sides of the Atlantic, the ...
Investing in women is a safe bet and can be a driving factor in economic growth. This has been a core tenet of the microfinance industry where women regularly start successful businesses and reinvest in their community. A similar story has played out in t ...
Members of the Council’s Emerging Leaders Class of 2016 will discuss their reports on cutting-edge topics in energy and technology. Each year the Council selects the best and brightest mid-career leaders in Chicago to join its Emerging Leaders Program. T ...
We will live stream this program at 6 p.m. CT Almost a decade after the financial crisis, global economic growth is fizzling and many of the world’s economies are laden by high and often rising public and private debt. With increasingly limited scope for ...
We will also live stream this program at 6 p.m. CT Carolina Trivelli, a Peruvian economist, will visit the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to deliver the Annual Gus Hart Lecture as the Council’s 2016 Gus Hart Visiting Fellow. This fellowship has been ...
Immediately following the October 13 public lecture with Carolina Trivelli, the Council’s 2016 Hart Fellow, Council Young Professionals are invited to a continued conversation. “YP Meet-Ups” are informal events following select programming, and give YPs t ...
