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New York City's Global Experience Builds the Case for City Diplomacy

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Global Insight by Penny Abeywardena

The New York experience demonstrates how we can work together through city diplomacy to create meaningful impact.

View of downtown Manhattan, New York City
Florian Wehde
Global Cities

From Chicago to Uganda, Clean Water is Key to Good Nutrition

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Global Food for Thought by Roger Thurow

Unclean water, poor sanitation, and lousy hygiene—and resulting diseases—combine with poor nutrition as the leading causes of young child mortality and stunting. 

Women in Niger water a vegetable garden. Climate and the Environment

Expert Panel Survey: US Focus on the Denuclearization of North Korea

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Craig Kafura explains what foreign policy experts think about the denuclearization of North Korea.

US President Trump and Kim Jong-Un.
Reuters
Defense and Security

The Livestock Ladder’s Water Footprint

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Global Food for Thought by Marcus Glassman

In this post from our "Uncharted Waters" blog series, we discuss that while the water footprint of livestock is substantive, the cost of that footprint is far from straightforward.

Cows in a open field at a dairy farm in California.
Michael Pujals
Food and Agriculture

Sustainable Food Systems: A View from the Midwest

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Global Insight by Madeleine Nicholson

Since the dawn of agriculture spurred the establishment of human civilizations, humans have adapted and revolutionized their food systems to overcome obstacles.

Chard growing in a row at a farm
Ronan Furuta
Food and Agriculture

Global Engagement Key Driver of Midwest Prosperity

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Global Insight by John Austin

For the Midwest to thrive in the global economy, it needs to open its doors to the world, not shut it out.

View of the Chicago skyline from a west-side railway
Reuters
Global Economy

Are the Sustainable Development Goals for Water and Food Working Against One Another?

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Global Food for Thought by Michael Tiboris

Food, energy, and water form a nexus in which increased access to one resource puts increased pressures on the others.

An irrigation system spillway in Cambodia
Dept. Foreign Affairs
Climate and the Environment

New Resources for WPS Scholars and Practitioners

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Global Insight by Katelyn Jones

Once we learned that one of the most often-cited statistics about women is fabricated—scholars and practitioners alike were shocked.

Generations of Kenyan women stand together
Bennett Tobias
Women and Girls

Deep Divisions Across the Atlantic

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Global Insight by Ivo H. Daalder

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

Angela Merkel giving a keynote speech in 2019
Kristof Roomp
Global Politics

Opinion Landscape Not Ideal for New Mideast Peace Plan

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Running Numbers by Dina Smeltz

According to the 2018 Chicago Council Survey , American public support for an "independent Palestinian state" is at its highest level yet, with strongest support among self-described Democrats.

Aerial view of the coast in Tel Aviv
Shai Pal
Public Opinion