Events

Student Members of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs are invited to attend this special event: What comes to mind when you think about a ‘think tank’? Classified documents, political watch-dog groups, and international espionage are often mentioned in ...


Events

Bookended by the falling of the Berlin Wall and the Twin Towers, the 1990s may appear to have been a peaceful and prosperous decade for America. But closer inspection reveals a fraught period for the nation’s politics, according to Gil Troy. Domestically t ...


External Commentary

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2015/12/10/ivo_daalder_how... Ivo H. Daalder December 10, 2015 RealClearPolitics' Changing LanesGlobal Security, Policy & Politics, North AmericaGlobal Security, Policy & PoliticsNorth Ame ...


External Commentary

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/changing_lanes/2015/12/11/hillary_clinton... Ivo H. Daalder December 11, 2015 RealClearPolitics' Changing LanesPolicy & Politics, North AmericaPolicy & PoliticsNorth America Ivo H. Daalder ...


Events

According to The Economist, the 2012 US presidential campaigns spent $2 billion. Already the 2016 election cycle has generated nearly $270 million in campaign funds, and as election day draws closer candidates will spend countless days—and dollars—campaign ...


Events

Leadership supporters at the President’s Circle Gold level or higher and their guests are invited to join Michael V. Hayden for dinner following the program, “ American Intelligence in the Age of Terror.” Your registration includes admission to the public ...


Event Series

https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/america%20and%20the%20world%20series.jpgPolicy & Politics, North America0 America and the World President Trump has articulated a vision of America’s interests and global engagement that represent a ...


Blog entry

Ellen Janowski's blog immigration_conf.jpg In the summer of 1844, Catholic churches burned in Philadelphia, the flames fueled by the anti-Catholic sentiment of the day and fear of the growing numbers of Irish-Catholic immigrants arriving in the Unite ...


Blog entry

waitress_worldofcents.jpg Kim Heys's blog One of the easier forecasts one could make for the coming year is that there will be an election ruckus about the minimum wage. The Democratic candidates already started. While Sen. Bernie Sanders and former ...