Commentary and Analysis

More than any other large American city, Chicago has depended on immigrants to offset the sluggish growth of its native-born population. The decline in immigration will destabilize Chicago's population.

Saeid Golkar discusses the belief that Iran wishes to resume open and benevolent relations with the West and the United States.

Ivo Daalder discusses how NATO can help the migrant crisis in the Aegean Sea.

Ivo Daalder discusses the re-nationalization of European politics.

Michael Tiboris discusses the systemic racism behind the Flint water crisis.

Cities like Chicago compete to lure corporate headquarters to town, but most moves come with a fraction of the jobs—usually a handful of executives.

According to recent polls, the majority of the American public doesn’t share the GOP front-runner’s views on Syrian refugees, Muslims, and "illegal" immigrants.

Karl Friedhoff discusses North Korea's claims to have successfully detonated its first hydrogen bomb as a "self-defense against the U.S."

Like global cities before them, many ambitious secondary cities are escaping their isolated orbits and redefining the hierarchy of the global urban cosmos.

Security researcher Robert Muggah explains how some cities are using new approaches to address these problems.