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Bipartisan foreign policy will be essential to address many emerging challenges in the upcoming transition of administrations. Pleased to join Foreign Policy for America (FP4A) for its side event at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Especially as one having roots in Illinois and Chicago. The speakers covered a wide-ranging discussion on global politics – particularly climate change and its relationship to development and instability driven by migration and projected food shortages. Honored to also observe our parliamentary process and meet the Ambassador of Japan to the United States and the Consul General of India in Chicago. During times like these, we cannot overlook important questions and issues like human rights, freedom of speech, and international cooperation, even as we continue to address pressing security issues such as global health, poverty eradication, and climate change that drive the conditions conducive to fragility.
Foreign policy is front and center in the 2024 election. During the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Foreign Policy for America and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a crucial discussion on how international issues are shaping the race. The panel featured Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), former National Security Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, former White House National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, and Rockefeller Foundation CEO Rajiv Shah, moderated by former U.S. Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder.