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Chicago Council on Global Affairs

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs was founded as The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations on February 20, 1922 with the name change occurring in 2006. At its inception, the council included 23 members with the purpose of opposing what they viewed as U.S. isolationism during the first World War. A nonpartisan organization, it is committed to influencing the discourse on global issues through contributions to opinion and policy formation, leadership dialogue, and public learning. Wikipedia*

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Chicago Council on Global Affairs has hosted 39 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 1984 Speech. The year with the most events was 2019 with four events. The year with the highest average number of views per video was 2015 with an average of 3,582 views per video. Most appearances with Ivo H. Daalder (9), John Rielly (2), Edmund Steffen (2). Most common tags: Foreign Policy, Iraq Occupation/Reconstruction (05/02/03-08/31/10), Terrorism.

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