Evan Fazio's blog italy-eu-pm_reuters.jpg For the first time ever, the European Union rejected a proposed budget from a member state: Italy. A deadlock has ensued, threatening a "doom loop" that could consume Italy's economy, the euroz ...
Emily Baker's blog hi_shanghai_860x480.jpg hi_shanghai_860x480.jpg Cities, not nation-states, are the dominant unit of human organization in the twenty-first century. Humanity has shifted from a predominantly rural to urban species in a startlingly ...
Emily Baker's blog hi_megacity_870x480.jpg hi_megacity_870x480.jpg Much of the discussion on the role and impact of global cities today focuses upon the contributions they can make to local, national, and global challenges in the here and now, under ...
Iain Whitaker's blog Trade wars, false missile warnings, "babble fish earbuds", and Germany's World Cup whimper: 2018 was a year that sometimes defined description, at least in words. But the numbers tell a story of their own, so her ...
Evan Fazio's blog This week, more than 160 countries gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco at a special Intergovernmental Conference to adopt a first-ever non-binding framework for international cooperation on migration: the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly ...
Iain Whitaker's blog iamge_1.jpg Test your 2018 Council program knowledge by taking our quiz. Test your 2018 Council program knowledge! Global Insight Monday, December 17, 2018 A Farewell to 2018... With over 26,000 digital viewers, 11,200 attend ...
Iain Whitaker's blog As 2018 comes to a close, we invite you to look back at the most watched Council programs of 2018. From a review of President Trump's first year in office, to celebrating India's 70 years of independence, these were dis ...
Brittany Broaders's blog Our web series, Wait Just a Minute, asks experts to answer complex questions about global affairs in 60 seconds. In this episode, national security correspondent and senior writer for the New York Times, David Sanger answers ...
mh_blog-juan-guaido-rally-870x480.jpg Evan Fazio's blog Venezuela has two claimants to power: Juan Guaidó and Nicolás Maduro. Western countries back Guaidó, Putin and China favor Maduro, and the people of Venezuela are looking for a way out of their ...
Evan Fazio's blog gi_hart_870x480.jpg gi_hart_870x480.jpg Mrs. Margaret S. Hart passed away on Sunday, January 27, 2019. She was an important donor of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs for over 50+ years and a wonderful partner in building a pr ...
