Commentary and Analysis

As the historical gathering point of people from different origins, cities are a key nexus of immigration policy implementation and innovative experimentation.

Cities around the world are preparing for the massive disruption of autonomous vehicles. What are some of the opportunities and risks? Here's what you should know.

Cities must step up when nation-states ignore the devastating impacts and economic costs of climate change, sea level rise, and environmental degradation.

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.

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

Cities are the primary reception point for migrants and refugees, and also the potential antidote to the reactionary nationalism that threatens to close borders.

Despite fears of declining social capital and lack of faith in civic institutions, the "new trust economy" is thriving in urban areas.

In an era of geopolitical turbulence, urban leaders will have to demand representation at international institutions—or take more radical action.

Global cities are products of a liberal world order that is under threat from the rise of populist nationalism, protectionism, and growing authoritarianism.

As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.