Commentary and Analysis

"The future of mankind will be dominated by 20 to 25 super-regions, with Chicago prominent among them," says Michael Fassnacht, who exits the economic development agency this month.

"Little Italy is no longer a thing,” says one restaurant operator. “It has come and gone.”

An editorially independent project produced by a team of globally curious journalists at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Chicago's transit system may need to make cuts and raise fares after COVID relief funds phase out, but riders won't likely see a systemic collapse like Venezuelan commuters experienced in the 2010s.

We know Venice is sinking. What about Chicago, which accounts for about 234 square miles of land?

The day the film earned 13 Academy Award nominations was also the day the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock was set to reflect that the world is now closer to apocalypse than it has been at any time before.

Ravi Agrawal, Susan Glasser, and Giles Whittell join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

"The Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy is realpolitik from top to bottom," Paul Poast writes.

Craig Kafura unpacks Council survey findings on US attitudes toward Beijing.

"We will only have peace when America uses force to defend its interests," Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.