Global Insight

As the United States and China compete for influence in the region, two experts weigh in on what Africans would like to see from each potential partner moving forward.

Leaders from the US and Europe have much to learn from one another in building strategies to foster economic renewal in formerly industrial regions.

American religious groups have spent millions exporting homophobia to the East African nation.

Cities have been called bastions of democracy, but authoritarian leaders across the globe are articulating their own visions for the future of urban spaces.

US sanctions on Latin American countries have exacerbated the worsening economic and political conditions behind the current migrant surge.

An announcement made following the G7 Hiroshima Summit brings the group one step closer to a proposed “Economic Article 5.”

The rise of remote work has had a dramatic impact on cities like Chicago, which must play to their strengths in order to compete in this new landscape.

Mass arrests have reduced crime in the short-term—but at a significant cost to human rights.

Though working-class voters continue to be disillusioned, place-based investments can help restore confidence and heal our polarized politics.

Despite 75 years of struggle, two scholars remain cautiously optimistic about the future.