Event video: In the turbulent years after 9/11, Zalmay Khalilzad helped craft two constitutions and forge governing coalitions as US Ambassador to Afghanistan and Iraq. Khalilzad, who grew up in a traditional family in Afghanistan, spent time as an exch ...
160401-UChicago_Pathways.jpg Brittany Broaders's blog Scholars brought together to discuss challenges associated envrionmental governance at a March 4 conference organized by the University of Chicago and Tsinghua University in Beijing. In recent yea ...
Executive Summary Feeding the world and teaching the world to feed itself is not just a humanitarian endeavor. It is vital to US national security. Food price–related unrest can have an immense impact on the stability of countries vital to US interests. F ...
Executive Summary The United States, home to many of the world’s top universities, is a higher education destination for talented students from across the globe. When foreign-born students are able to find work in local economies after graduation, the pos ...
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 ...
As they watch the 2016 presidential primaries, global leaders are questioning what the rhetoric might mean for US leadership in the world. Faced with a fraught and complex geopolitical environment, the next president must decide whether America should a ...
Craig Kafura's blog For the first time since 1970, no Canadian hockey team made it to the NHL playoffs. The absence of Canadian teams from this season’s NHL playoffs has sparked some debate and discussion about the state of Canadian hockey. It also f ...
Growth in the world’s cities is exploding. Today, more people live in urban areas than in rural areas. By 2050, 66 percent of the world’s people are expected to live in cities, fueling unprecedented demand for food. Especially in low- and middle-income co ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cmclusy5Aos April 19, 2016 Business FIRST AMGlobal Immigration, North America, Latin AmericaGlobal ImmigrationNorth America, Latin America ...
rtx2au9s.jpg Ellen Janowski's blog US President Barack Obama (C) and Saudi King Salman (R) walk together following their meeting at Erga Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Obama landed in Saudi Arabia this ...
