The proposed "City and State Diplomacy Act" would establish an ambassador for subnational engagements by state and municipal governments.
Convenings of experts call attention to that which scientists and policymakers don’t know. These "knowledge gaps," it turns out, are especially prevalent in the urban domain.
French geographer Christophe Guilluy has a controversial diagnosis of working-class resentment in the age of Trump, Brexit, and the Yellow Vests.
In his new book The Ordinary Virtues, the writer and politician Michael Ignatieff reveals the “moral operating systems” that keep cities together.
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.
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