Leslie Vinjamuri

I am incredibly proud and humbled by this opportunity to lead the @ChicagoCouncil at an extraordinary moment in time, and to build on the Council's 103 year history shaping dialogue, convening, and research on global affairs.

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How is U.S. strategy shifting, and what does that mean for alliances, tensions, and rivalries in the Middle East, Ukraine, China, and Europe? @ColinKahl joins @thomaswright08 and @londonvinjamuri on @ChicagoCouncil to discuss the shifting global system. ow.ly/nwl950Wt0xS

Join us Tuesday at 5.30pm in person, for this panel event on The Middle East on Edge @ChicagoCouncil with @RachelBronson1 @ProfessorPape @AliVaez (You can also join online) Register below. globalaffairs.org/events/middle-…

Margaret MacMillan on the absurdity of Trump's attacks on US allies "It's hard to think of a case in which the leader of a major alliance has so casually and brutally cast aside allies that, for the most part, have been dependable and have accepted writ" reader.foreignaffairs.com/2025/07/21/mak…

Great to speak with Lord Jim O'Neill about the BRICS and the G20. Jim ONeill wrote the report and coined the term BRICs back in 2001. Good to hear his thinking then and now on Deep Dish ⁦@ChicagoCouncil⁩ Council on Global Affairs brnw.ch/21wUdM9

How is Trump’s trade war impacting global alliances? Economist Jim O’Neill, who coined the term the BRICS, joins @londonvinjamuri on our Deep Dish podcast to discuss the bloc’s growth and global relevance. Listen: brnw.ch/21wUe54

Thrilled to have Jim O'Neill - founder of the term BRICS, to talk about the BRICS on Deep Dish, the ⁦@ChicagoCouncil podcast⁩ : Powerful Bloc or Political Theater? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs globalaffairs.org/commentary-and…

Trade wars, economic realignment, and intensifying geopolitical rivalries. Lord Jim O’Neill, who originally coined the term BRICS, joins me on the @ChicagoCouncil’s Deep Dish podcast to make sense of today’s global alliances. Listen: brnw.ch/21wUdM9

War in Europe. Tensions in Asia. A shifting world order. Former Biden officials @ColinKahl and @thomaswright08 joined me on the @ChicagoCouncil’s Deep Dish podcast to discuss how US strategy is changing in a fractured world. Listen now:  brnw.ch/21wU2Zf

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Great piece by ⁦@KanishkhK⁩, ⁦@SchwarzmanOrg⁩ ⁦@ChathamHouse⁩ Great contribution to ongoing focus on how Asia and Europe are dealing with Trump's demands chathamhouse.org/2025/07/us-ind…

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And there you have it. Now that France has gone first, the date we have all been waiting for is set. Sept 17-19, King Charles III Will Host Trump for U.K. State Visit in September by @MarkLandler nytimes.com/2025/07/13/wor…

The expertise, knowledge, and experience of the Foreign Service has no rival. I never knew what party any of them may have been a member of. They served the American people.

A wonderful read by Richard Longworth on the first 100 years of the @ChicagoCouncil