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Global Cities in 2020 – Ten Trends to Watch

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

With so much activity around cities in today's world, there is a lot to track. Here are ten trends in 2020 to watch where cities will be particularly influential on the global stage.

A view of the Los Angeles skyline, with silhouettes of palm trees in the foreground.
Sterling Davis
Global Cities

Look to Cities, Not Nation-States, to Solve Our Biggest Challenges

In the News
World Economic Forum
Robert Muggah

The world in 2020 is looking more turbulent and uncertain than ever. Powerful economic, demographic and technological forces are rewiring international politics.

Los Angeles Basin as seen from Mount Wilson at dawn, Dec 12, 2002 Global Cities

The Book That Captured Mid-'70s Paris

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CityLab
Ian Klaus

Ian Klaus unpacks a French writer's short publication from 1975 and points out, "nearly half a century later, it's a remarkable document of what’s since changed, and also of what hasn't."

The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France
Yann Caradec
Global Cities

Conflict Has Changed. Do International Norms Still Matter?

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, joins Deep Dish to discuss the complications of modern humanitarian crises and urban conflicts.

A very badly damaged building in Syria
Peter Biro
Global Cities

Michael H. Moskow on 'American Hero' Paul Volcker

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Global Insight by Michael H. Moskow

The Council's Michael H. Moskow shares his insights on why Paul A. Volcker was critical in breaking the back of inflation in the 1970s and 1980s.

Paul Volcker
Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
Global Cities

Has Economic Globalization Helped Great Lakes Cities?

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Global Insight by Coauthors

Economic globalization has revitalized many once struggling cities (think New York, Singapore, Shanghai, and London) and created or re-created metropolises like Doha, Dublin, and Frankfurt. 

View of the Detroit skyline from Ontario.
Mike Boening
Global Cities

Fire Is Not Brazil's Only Amazon Problem

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Robert Muggah, research director of the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro, joins Deep Dish to discuss the myriad problems across Brazil.

Children play in lake next to raging fire in the Amazon Rainforest.
Ria Sopala
Climate and the Environment

Global cities begin to shrink as inner areas empty out

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Financial Times
Richard C. Longworth

Populations of Paris and New York City decline while immigration sustains London.

Global Cities

Sinking Jakarta Is a Test Case for Climate Retreat

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Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Tom Pepinsky  of Cornell University and the Brookings Institution joins  Deep Dish  to discuss the overcrowded capital city Jakarta’s sinking.

Passengers of a boat walk through rising sea water during high tide at Kali Adem port in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

Will Ambassador Subnat Go to Washington?

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Global Insight by Ian Klaus

The proposed "City and State Diplomacy Act" would establish an ambassador for subnational engagements by state and municipal governments.

US Capital building at night Global Cities