Activities
The Council seeks to provide its members, policymakers, and the general public with a forum for the consideration of international issues and their bearing on American public policy. The Council organizes more than 150 meetings each year, including lectures, seminars, conferences, and a travel program. The Council hosts policymakers and foreign experts from around the world, offering participants the opportunity to ask questions, voice their opinions, and engage in candid discussions.
The Council also produces publications, including an internationally renowned biennial public opinion survey, and reports generated by task forces convened to study a specific issue. Recent task force topics have included:
- "Engaging China and India: An Economic Agenda for Japan and the United States"
- "Modernizing America's Farm and Food Policy: Vision for a New Direction"
- "A Shared Future: The Economic Engagement of Greater Chicago and Its Mexican Community"
- Global Cities Index: Foreign Policy magazine, global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs published the inaugural Global Cities Index in October 2008. The index is a comprehensive ranking of the ways in which cities are integrating with the rest of the world. Specifically, the Global Cities Index ranks cities’ metro areas according to 24 metrics across five dimensions - business activity, human capital, information exchange, cultural experience, and political engagement
Michelle Obama was listed as a director on the Chicago Council website until her husband started gaining more attention during the 2008 Democratic nomination race.
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—Jean Marzollo (20th century)