Shadow conflict—it is the slow and relentless destruction of everyday civilian life in areas torn by war and violence. Journalist Annia Ciezadlo has seen this form of conflict firsthand, from revolutions in Lebanon to crackdowns in Syria and repression in ...
Join The Chicago Council for a public briefing by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who will speak about regional shifts in the Middle East more than a year after the Arab Spring. His remarks will address the changing political and security landsc ...
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has announced constitutional reforms that are intended to create greater accountability in response to the Kingdom’s recent period of unrest. In a lunch address, Ambassador Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo will outline these ...
Nearly one half of the Iraqi population is under the age of nineteen. Having lived with insecurity and uncertainty for much of their adult lives with little opportunity for travel outside of their home town, these youth often associate more with their loca ...
Nearly one half of the Iraqi population is under the age of nineteen. Having lived with insecurity and uncertainty for much of their adult lives with little opportunity for travel outside of their home town, these youth often associate more with their loca ...
This exclusive Young Professionals event includes dinner and a dynamic discussion with The Chicago Council’s 2011 Patricia Blunt Koldyke Fellow, Hussam A. Hadi, on social entrepreneurship and how reality television and the media can be used to promote peac ...
Pakistan is home to some of the world’s most treacherous borders, armed with nuclear weapons, and beset by terrorist bombings and assassinations. NATO’s recent deadly air strike on two Pakistani frontier outposts has added to the uncertainty of continued U ...
Fawaz Gerges believes that Arabs are on the brink of a democratic wave similar to the ones that swept through Eastern Europe and Latin America. The recent massive political and social upheaval in the Middle East has stunned the world, and many now wonder i ...
Two years after massive protests rocked the streets of Tehran and other Iranian cities, the Islamic regime has managed to retain its grip on power even as its neighborhood has been engulfed in historic transformation. In the face of stalled nuclear diploma ...
Join The Chicago Council for a public briefing by Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, the chief representative of the General Delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization to the United States. Ambassador Areikat will speak about the Palestinian bid for ...
