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Climate change, economic inequality, and political unrest are making some of the world's fastest-growing cities dangerously unstable. But even the most fragile places are fixable.

Although there is no question that Moscow's meddling in American elections is deeply worrying, it is just one aspect of the threat Russia poses.

In his new book The Ordinary Virtues, the writer and politician Michael Ignatieff reveals the “moral operating systems” that keep cities together.

Having rejected its demagogues just a few years ago, the region is now poised to welcome them back.

Ending hunger and chronic malnutrition remains within our grasp. However, we must recognize that there is a global reversal of a decades-long downward trend in the number of hungry people.

Are the policies touted on the campaign trail losing their appeal?

Donald Trump expressed a lot of themes in his inaugural address, but the overriding one was that foreign policy would be conducted through the prism of America first.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Wilson Center co-hosted a panel discussion about the results of a Chicago Council survey of public attitudes on foreign policy and the Trump administration.

The Midwest—rusting cities like Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland— has a cautionary tale to tell about cutting immigration: We know from experience that it harms our cities' populations, economies and workforces.

Has Chicago's notorious weather suddenly become its biggest asset? Does the city of wind chill and blizzards actually have the climate that somebody would pay $5 billion for?