Oct 27, 2016

What’s behind this year’s populist explosion? In the latest episode of Deep Dish, Council vice president of studies Brian Hanson interviews John Judis, author of The Populist Explosion, to put the year’s political movements—from Brexit to Trumpism—into historic context. Hanson then sits down with Council...

Oct 20, 2016

In the latest episode of Deep Dish, resident global economy expert Phil Levy sat down with Council Vice President of Studies Brian Hanson to discuss one of this election’s biggest issues: The TPP and trade deals like it. Phil breaks down the use of trade in foreign policy, what happened to the TPP that put it in...

Oct 13, 2016

Immigration and national security have been salient topics in this year’s election, but until now they’ve been conspicuously absent from the presidential debates. With both topics set for discussion in the third debate, vice president of studies Brian Hanson sat down with Council immigration expert Sara McElmurry...

Oct 6, 2016

With the 2016 Chicago Council Survey of American attitudes on foreign policy in hand, Vice President of Studies Brian Hanson sat down with Council polling experts Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura before Sunday’s debate to find out how American public opinion compares with what the candidates are saying in the latest...