{"id":13080,"date":"2015-05-06T12:57:17","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T17:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=13080"},"modified":"2015-05-06T12:57:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T17:57:17","slug":"chicago-leads-the-way-as-a-global-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-leads-the-way-as-a-global-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago leads the way as a global city"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ezra Kaplan<\/p>\n

On a recent Friday, in the main ballroom of the Standard Club in downtown Chicago, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a half-day International Women\u2019s Day Global Health Symposium. Speakers from the public and private sectors addressed a crowd of 365 of which nearly half were young people and over three-quarters were women.<\/p>\n

The February event was part of the Council\u2019s ongoing Women and Global Development Forum, which was established in 2009 to \u201cengage Chicagoans in discussions about the role of women in solving global health, international development, and socioeconomic challenges facing the world today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The day started early, with a keynote speaker panel and a beautifully presented breakfast of fresh fruit and berry yogurt. The ballroom was decked out in four chandeliers; he sound of real silverware knocking against fine china mixed with heels knocking on the hardwood floor to nearly drown out the keynote speaker on \u201cWomen\u2019s Health: Rewriting the Goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, big hitters in their respective fields occupied the stage and shared their views of problems affecting women and children throughout the world. Breakout panel topics ranged from \u201cGlobal Mental Health\u201d to \u201cSmart Economics: Women\u2019s Reproductive Health.\u201d<\/p>\n

The day came to a close with an insightful panel of speakers discussing \u201cHealth and Safety for Women in the Workplace.\u201d On that panel was Susan Davis, president and CEO of BRAC USA. According to the economist, BRAC is the largest non-governmental development organization in the world and was started in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Davis began by describing the disaster of Rana Plaza, the eight-story building that collapsed in 2013 in Bangladesh. \u201cRana Plaza was Bangladesh\u2019s 9\/11,\u201d Davis said. \u201cNeed I say more?\u201d<\/p>\n

She went on to talk about how women and children are specifically affected by deficiencies in work place safety. She tied it in with globalization and the Western demand for cheap labor, stating, \u201cWe need to shine sunlight on the chain between our well-being and the health of garment workers abroad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Toward the back of the room, the 10-person round tables were filled with college and high school students from across Illinois.<\/p>\n

Emily Aba, 16, is a student at Josephinum Academy, a private, all-girls high school in Chicago. Aba was born in Guatemala but raised in the United States. She said the Chicago Council event helped her to learn about where she came from.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s about what is happening around the world. I don\u2019t get exposed to things like that much at school or on TV,\u201d she said. \u201cIts awesome to get to learn about the things that matter to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

This was one of about 250 programs put on each year by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Aba was one of nearly 500 high school students who attended those programs. The Council\u2019s mission is to bring the global issues of the day back to Chicago, and in doing so advance the standing of Chicago as a global city.<\/p>\n

Global Cities<\/h1>\n

The idea of a global city is relatively new, having emerged at the end of the Cold War. The term was coined by sociologist Saskia Sassen in her 1991 book, \u201cThe Global City: New York, London, Tokyo.\u201d<\/p>\n

She described the global city as the response to the downfall of industrialization and the rise of business and financial services in the face of globalization.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is talking about globalization. Everyone is talking about cities. But no one is talking about global cities,\u201d said Richard Longworth, the Chicago Council\u2019s distinguished fellow on global cities. \u201cThe Midwest still struggles to see itself as global. To see its global ties.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is where he sees The Chicago Council finding its niche in the public discourse of Chicago.<\/p>\n

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Richard Longworth is a distinguished fellow focusing on global cities at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. (The Chicago Council on Global Affairs\/Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are expanding our role here in Chicago, trying to give a view of how globalization is affecting Chicago and how Chicago is affecting the rest of the world,\u201d Longworth said.<\/p>\n

Longworth asserts that the three features that make Chicago a global city are its economy, higher education institutions and tourism.<\/p>\n

Longworth said the historical agriculture and manufacturing industries of the Midwest are not dying, as many critics would have you believe.<\/p>\n

He points out the window of the 11th story conference room at the Chicago Council high above Michigan Avenue toward Whiting, Indiana. \u201cThey make more steel down there than they ever did,\u201d Longworth asserts \u201cBut they are doing it with one-tenth of the workers,\u201d adding that the same goes for agriculture.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo industry and agriculture are still great big industries, but they\u2019re not sources of mass employment anymore, the way they used to be. So we have to think of something else,\u201d Longworth said.<\/p>\n

When it comes to education, \u201cChicago has very, very strong universities. If you look at the United States, there would be very few cities that would have the [same] strength of world-class research and teaching institutions,\u201d said Henry S. Bienen, who sits on the board of directors for The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and is president emeritus of Northwestern University.<\/p>\n

Tourism is an area where Longworth sees potential for growth. \u201cWe don\u2019t get anywhere near the international tourism that we ought to compared to other cities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you talk to people around the world and say, \u2018Have you ever been to the United States?\u2019 the say: \u2018Been to San Francisco. Been to New York. Been to Disney World three times.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have done a very bad job of advertising up until now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Today, these are the areas that The Chicago Council on Global Affairs focuses on.<\/p>\n

The Evolution<\/h1>\n

Midwestern focus on international affairs is nearly a century old. In the shadow of World War I amid a political culture of extreme isolationism in the United States, The Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs was established on Feb. 22, 1922. Later the name was changed to The Chicago Council on Global Affairs.<\/p>\n

According to the Chicago Council, the founders were made up of 23 concerned Chicagoans who were united by a common interest in international affairs and a concern over \u2018ignorance and half-considered proposals\u2019 on the subject.<\/p>\n

They believed correctly that the war had ushered in an era when foreign affairs would take a greater than ever role in Americans\u2019 lives. Through the early decades of the 1900s, the organization went through many shifts but always stayed grounded in and focused on serving its Chicago base.<\/p>\n

Longworth says the modern incarnation of the organization began with a change in leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarshall Bouton took the reins of the organization in 2001. He came in with orders to shake things up,\u201d Longworth said, referring to discussions during the search process.<\/p>\n

Following 9\/11, the CCGA shifted from being very Europe-centered to a broader global emphasis. It also shifted from a focus on high-stakes issues such as nuclear proliferation to more economic issues such as trade and transportation. The shift toward globalism was a part of the organization\u2019s a renewed emphasis on public education.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are issues of big importance to the Midwest,\u201d Longworth said. \u201cAdditionally [the Council] did a lot on immigration and Chicago\u2019s immigrant community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Marshall Bouton served as president of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs from 2001 to 2013. He led the organization through major changes and evolution into a full fledged think tank. (The Chicago Council on Global Affairs\/Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Longworth explained that Bouton latched onto the idea of embracing Chicago as global city, an idea that was new to the Council.<\/p>\n

It led to many focus groups and realizations that Chicago needed a united voice on a foreign policy front.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are big issues of American policy that affect us,\u201d Bouton said. \u201cAnd when those policies are made, Chicago\u2019s voice ought to be heard. And we are Chicago\u2019s voice in this area.\u201d Some of these policies have included international food security and immigration in the Midwest.<\/p>\n

That voice has become more prominent as the organization began to expand both in size and influence. Much of that influence came from a renewed emphasis on publishing reports and advisory papers.<\/p>\n

The Chicago Council conducts and publishes surveys on American public opinion every two years. \u201cOur survey is the most comprehensive, in-depth, regular assessment of how Americans are thinking about the world and the U.S. role in the world,\u201d Bouton said.<\/p>\n

According to the 2014 survey, \u201cSix in ten Americans are in favor of an active [U.S.] role in world affairs. At the same time, four in ten Americans now say the US should stay out of world affairs\u2014a proportion that has grown to its highest point since the first Chicago Council Survey in 1974.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ivo Daalder serves as the current president of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He is the former Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). (The Chicago Council on Global Affairs\/Courtesy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under Bouton the organization worked to create numerous fellowships, helping to establish itself as an authority and go-to resource for foreign affairs in the Midwest.<\/p>\n

Bouton left the organization in 2013 and was succeeded as president by Ivo Daalder, then U.S. ambassador to NATO.<\/p>\n

Daalder continued to promote the idea of Chicago as global city. Longworth said Daalder even went as far as to question of whether Chicago should have its own foreign policy.<\/p>\n

Economics<\/h1>\n

\u201cBeing a global city is really crucial economically,\u201d Bienen said. \u201cThe Chicago Council is helping project the city on an international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is where organizations like World Business Chicago come in. It is a public-private partnership, chaired by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, that works to drive economic growth in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lead the city\u2019s and the mayor\u2019s economic plan, a plan for economic growth and jobs,\u201d said Jeff Malehorn, president and CEO of World Business Chicago. \u201cWe work to attract businesses to the region, to help them expand and grow. We promote Chicago as a great global business city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recently World Business Chicago has worked with the City of Chicago to bring Livingston International, a Canadian trade company, and Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co., Ltd., a Chinese property management company, to Chicago.<\/p>\n

The two organizations often collaborate to promote Chicago on the global playing field. From hosting foreign delegations to partnering for the upcoming global cities conference, Malehorn said, \u201cthe Council is a terrific partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chicago Forum on Global Cities will be held May 27-29 and will bring together global leaders from cities like London, Tokyo, Dubai and Shanghai for a multidisciplinary discussion on collaboration and strengthening the future of global cities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chicago Forum will initiate a new conversation around the potential of global cities to shape the international agenda on commerce, education, civics and arts and culture,\u201d Daalder said in a statement released by the Council.<\/p>\n

A unique audience<\/h1>\n

The people who engage with The Chicago Council on Global affairs make up a niche demographic.<\/p>\n

“Our participants are engaged with foreign policy. This expressly separates them from the majority of Chicagoans,\u201d Bienen said. \u201cThe average citizen in Chicago is not that foreign policy conversant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like the Brookings Institute in Washington, D.C. and the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations, the Chicago Council\u2019s prime membership audience \u201cis not the man in the street,\u201d Bienen said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe New York Council on Foreign relations is an organization which is frankly very hard to get into,\u201d Bienen said. Meanwhile the Brookings Institute does not offer membership services the way the other two do. Instead it is more of a pure think tank.<\/p>\n

Membership with the Chicago Council is not only open to the public, but the organization actively seeks out young people to participate in its programing. With 8,000 members, of which over 2,000 are young professional, the Chicago Council is by far the post democratic and populist of the three think tanks.<\/p>\n

The young women who enjoyed Ni\u00e7oise salad in the ballroom of the Standard Club at the recent event on women\u2019s global health reflected the Council\u2019s successful marrying of policy issues with public access to its programming and gatekeeping of Chicago as a global city.<\/p>\n

Alexandra Rea, 27, who attended with fellow students from Chicago\u2019s Adler School of Professional Psychology, reflected on the value of her day at the symposium.<\/p>\n

“Being able to talk about problems in a global context \u2013 it\u2019s empowering,” she said.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Chicago is one of the country’s leading global cities. (Jamie McCaffrey\/Wikimedia)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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