[3] The series aired for about 5 years and featured Council Director Carter Davidson and guests, who discussed world events.

[6] Under Rielly, the Council began releasing annual surveys of American public opinion on United States foreign policy.

[11] Notable speakers at the Council have included Eleanor Roosevelt,[3] Margaret Thatcher,[12] Mikhail Gorbachev,[13] Viktor Yushchenko,[14] Tony Blair,[15] Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,[16] King Abdullah II,[17] Jon Stewart, Ben Bernanke,[18] Tim Geithner,[19] Robert Gates,[20] Janet Yellen, and Hillary Clinton.

[21] Several past or current United States presidents have also spoken at the Council, including Gerald Ford,[22] Jimmy Carter,[23] Ronald Reagan,[24] and Barack Obama.

According to Rajiv Shah, the Council's 2009 report, "Renewing American Leadership in the Fight Against Global Hunger and Poverty,"[33] served as a "road map" for the U.S. government's Feed the Future.

[34] In February 2015, the Council partnered with the Brookings Institution and the Atlantic Council to produce "Preserving Ukraine's Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression: What the United States and NATO Must Do"[35] a report urging the United States and NATO to provide lethal defensive assistance to preserve Ukraine's independence.