Blog Posts

Failure to treat water as a strategic, valuable, and limited resource is a direct threat to the global economy; the health of our planet; and the well-being of both current and future generations of humanity.

German policy and thought leaders generally look for political and economic integration to ensure stability. This presents a sharp contrast to the drum-beating "America First" position.

Ivo Daalder discusses President Trump's intent to withdraw the United States from NATO.

Pandemic preparedness cannot happen in a vacuum. It must include more than research, vaccine development, and the stockpiling of supplies.

Recent events, including Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' resignation, have all added new urgency to an old debate: Should the EU have its own army?

People in both Japan and South Korea agree on the primary issues that need to be resolved in order to improve the relationship.

Partisanship has become a major factor in foreign policy attitudes in Chicago Council Surveys; not so long-ago opinions on foreign policy seemed immune to partisan impulses.

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

Global cities are the best candidates to form novel transnational political assemblages that can scale up to the level of global challenges.

Our international affairs are still being determined by nation-states, however, the imbalance between cities and nation-states is no longer acceptable.