Skip to main content

"Redefine the Drive" Aims to Revamp DuSable LSD on the North Side

In the News
WBEZ
Samuel Kling

Sam Kling, director of global cities research, joins "Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons" to discuss the redevelopment of Chicago's DuSable Lake Shore Drive.

Lake Shore Drive in Chicago
R. Boed
Global Cities

Domestic Investments Can Aid All Democracies

In the News
Newsweek
John Austin

Nonresident Fellow John Austin and Elaine Dezenski unpack how domestic investments can be creative tools to strengthen democracy.

President Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law.
Reuters
Global Cities

How to Prevent a Meltdown of the Global Food System

In the News
Foreign Policy
Ertharin Cousin

"Now is not the time to put the challenges of global food insecurity on the back burner," Ertharin Cousin cowrites.

Black person's hands planting a green seedling in soil.
E. Diop via Unsplash
Food and Agriculture

China Says It Will Not Arm Russia against Ukraine

In the News
VOA
Sibel Oktay

Macron’s statements show Europe’s concern that US attention will waver too much from Ukraine to Taiwan, argues Sibel Oktay.

Screenshot of Sibel Oktay on VOA News with bookshelves behind her. US Foreign Policy

Pentagon Document Leaks Foreshadow a Long War in Ukraine

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"The leaked documents underscore how the war in Ukraine is truly a multilateral war, and the West a co-belligerent," Paul Poast writes.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley hold a news conference
Reuters
Defense and Security

South Korea Reacts to US Document Leaks

In the News
NPR All Things Considered
Karl Friedhoff

President Yoon Suk-yeol is under fire for his administration’s US relationship following the Pentagon leak, Karl Friedhoff says.

Tables with South Korea delegation on the left and US delegations on the right, flags in the center in front of a blue background.
Reuters
Global Politics

Ecuador's Crime Wave and its Albanian Connection

In the News
Americas Quarterly
Robert Muggah

Criminal groups from the Balkans are helping reverse the drop in Ecuador's homicide rate and turn the country into a hub for illegal exports.

Police search for illegal drugs.
Reuters
Global Politics

Xi Is Fixated on Ending China's Century of Humiliation

In the News
POLITICO
Ivo H. Daalder

Europe’s aim should be “to affirm Washington’s commitment to de-risking—not to decouple the Chinese economy from their own,” writes Ivo Daalder.

Xi and Macron walk next to steps with trumpeting guards in red.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Who Is to Blame for Sky-High Food Prices?

In the News
GZERO
Ertharin Cousin

An estimated 3.1 billion people can't afford a diverse, nutritious diet due to increased food inflation, says Ertharin Cousin.

Screenshot of Ertharin Cousin speaking to interviewer in front of blue GZERO background. Food and Agriculture

Biden's Summit for Democracy Isn't Really about Democracies

In the News
World Politics Review
Paul Poast

A key purpose of the meeting is to create a countercoalition against Russia and China, Paul Poast argues.

President Biden hosts a meeting at the Summit for Democracy
The White House
US Foreign Policy