Since regaining large swathes of territory from ISIS in 2018, Iraq’s efforts to reconstruct and regain control over its country have not gone unnoticed. While threats of an ISIS resurgence remain, expected GDP growth of 4.1% thanks to rising oil prices—an ...
President’s Club members and above are invited to an exclusive off-the-record conference call with Berkeley Research Group's associate director Jared Willis and consultant Khaled Bahrami. Willis and Bahrami will discuss the current business and polit ...
In March, Israelis will go to the polls for the third time in 12 months. The inability of incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a government, his indictment for corruption, and growing divisions within Israeli society are testing the young d ...
While the US-Iran relationship has been strained for the past 40 years, tensions sharply escalated after a US drone strike killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani earlier this month. Iran’s response, targeting two American bases in Iraq with missile ...
A regional powerhouse, Saudi Arabia’s significance in the Middle East is undeniable. With oil prices now at their lowest point in decades, following a protracted price war with Russia and plummeting demand under the COVID-19 pandemic, join journalist Krit ...
Countries in the Global North have been hardest hit by COVID-19, but the virus has already begun to reach countries in the Global South. These countries’ limited access to essential resources that would mitigate the spread of the disease puts them at extr ...
The United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia share a long-standing bilateral and economic relationship: the United States is Saudi Arabia’s largest trading partner, while Saudi Arabia serves as the United States’ second leading source of imported oil ...
Event Summary by Richard C. Longworth Economic inequality and political dysfunction have created a “schism in the soul in America” that threatens the very future of our civilization, author and journalist Hedrick Smith told The Chicago Council Thursday ev ...
Do you know which multinational law firm is at the heart of the ongoing ‘Panama Papers’ scandal? Or what is the most popularly spoken language in the world today? Put your global acumen to the test with peers from across Chicago at the Council’s annual Yo ...
The 2016 presidential election campaigns have presented Americans with contrasting visions of America’s future. At a time of heightened global insecurity voters must decide what role the United States should play in maintaining global order and promoting ...
