The United States boasts a legacy of critical advantages in today’s world order, from our preeminent universities and research institutions to Silicon Valley as a beacon of innovation. However, a recent comprehensive quantitative evaluation comparing indus ...
Manufacturing in the United States is at a moment of truth and the debate surrounding its future is intensifying. While optimists argue that certain existing conditions may cause a revival of American manufacturing, pessimists make the case that we have ir ...
In his latest work David Sanger reveals for the first time the existence of a broad new U.S. covert program, called “Olympic Games,’’ that has attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities with innovative cyberweapons. Those weapons are part of Obama’s “light footpri ...
The U.S.-Israeli special relationship is facing new strains as both countries confront Iran’s developing nuclear program. Despite a history of closely aligned policies, Trita Parsi argues that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s “red line” of arresting Iran’s nucle ...
Long considered the country of the future, Brazil seems to have just recently burst onto the global stage. Its status as a BRIC nation, its inclusion in the G20, the growth of its energy industry, and the awarding of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olym ...
According to preeminent Pakistani journalist, Ahmed Rashid, U.S.-Pakistan relations are in a state of a virtual meltdown as American strategy has reflected contradictory policies and intense political infighting. What are the possibilities—and hazards—faci ...
The United States Air Force has adapted to meet unexpected crises and missions from support of the NATO air campaign in Libya to disaster relief efforts in Haiti and Japan. As an increasingly complex security environment emerges against a backdrop of globa ...
A principal architect behind the NATO enlargement and the alliance’s 2010 Strategic Concept, Secretary Madeleine Albright now serves as cochair of the host committee for the 2012 Chicago NATO summit. She joins The Chicago Council to reflect on the histori ...
The twenty-first century seemed destined to be the American century, but within the first decade, the stock market bubble, costly foreign interventions, and the financial catastrophe of 2008 jolted America into a sudden recognition of its systemic vulnerab ...
At the May 20-21 NATO Summit in Chicago, President Obama will host leaders from more than fifty countries and international organizations to discuss pressing issues facing the transatlantic alliance. The Obama administration has focused on the revitalizati ...
