Commentary

Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.

Although the vaccine has brought hope to many people, a new and more transmissible strain discovered in the United Kingdom has caused unease around the world.

Many of the challenges the world faced in 2020 will continue to shape our world next year.

Council President Ivo Daalder discusses emerging global stories with Peter Spiegel of the Financial Times, Carla Anne Robbins of the Council on Foreign Relations, and James Harding of Tortoise Media.

The first COVID-19 vaccinations have been given around the world, but there's still a long road ahead.

The New York Times’ Steve Erlanger, the Financial Times’ Philip Stephens, and POLITICO’s Nahal Toosi discuss emerging global stories with Council President Ivo Daalder.

Operation Warp Speed is focused solely on developing and distributing vaccines for the US population, but Americans won’t truly be safe until everyone is safe, argues Council President Ivo Daalder.

Ignoring its responsibility for starting the pandemic, Beijing has trumpeted its response as a model for others to follow.

Journalists Karen DeYoung, Matt Kaminski, and Gideon Rachman joined Council President Ivo H. Daalder to discuss this week's emerging global stories.

Sam Kling, Global Cities Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, on why anti-urbanist tropes come up again and again in the fight against disease.