Commentary and Analysis

The recent terrorist attack in Brussels is prompting serious and important thinking about the security of global cities. 

Kristin Ljungkvist discusses how cities will need to operate in an environment of terrorism.

Noah Toly discusses the actions cities can take to assist in climate change reversal.

Cities—especially a select number of influential, or global, cities—will take their place alongside nation-states as key actors shaping our world.

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.

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.

The question of whether global cities should have their own foreign policy has been hotly debated, but recent developments have changed the calculus.

Midwestern governors have stopped accepting Syrian refugees in the wake of the Paris and Beirut terrorist attacks, though data shows they pose little risk.

The Great Lakes have always been the foundation of the Midwest economy, but in a world where fresh water is in short supply, this resource is more valuable than ever.