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Global Goals, Global Cities: Achieving the SDGs through Collective Local Action

RESEARCH
Report by Kris Hartley

Cities have a crucial role to play in translating the high-level, ambitious, and multidimensional vision of the SDGs into practice through local policies—that is, localization.

Crowds at Chicago's Cloud Gate in Millennium Park. Global Cities

Americans Say a Nuclear Iran Is Unacceptable, Divide on Using Force

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

This survey finds most Americans still consider Iran’s nuclear program a critical threat, but at lower levels before 2015 nuclear deal.

Flag of Iran.
David Sandoz
Public Opinion

Majority of Americans Say Climate Change a Critical Threat, For First Time

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz

A survey of the US public shows an overall majority of Americans (54%) consider climate change a critical threat.

View of clouds on Earth from space.
NASA
Climate and the Environment

Americans Divided over US Military Forces in Germany

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura

The American public sees the US-German relationship as good for US national security but is divided over military forces in Germany.

Blackhawk helicopter taking off from an operating base.
Reuters
Defense and Security

2019 Chicago Council Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Findings show a majority of Americans reject ideas of the United States retreating from the world, abdicating international leadership, and abandoning alliances and global institutions.

Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Public Opinion

Americans Maintain Commitment to South Korea

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff

The 2019 Chicago Council Survey finds that support for South Korea as an ally remains high and bipartisan.

A ROK sailor waves flags in front of an aircraft carrier
Jermaine M. Ralliford
Public Opinion

Americans Favor US-China Trade, Split Over Tariffs

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura

This survey indicates that Americans broadly support engaging in trade with China, but are split along partisan lines on how to engage in that trade.

USA and China flags.
CDC Global
Public Opinion

Mobility as a Service: Managing an Urban Revolution

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Samuel Kling

The new paradigm of "mobility as a service" promises to change how people move, with local and global ramifications.

Scooter in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
Tinou Bao
Global Cities

Americans and Russians Are Mostly Disinterested and Disengaged with Each Other

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Recent surveys conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Analytical Center reveal that large majorities of both Russians and Americans now view their countries as rivals.

American and Russian flags.
Eurasian Women's Forum
Public Opinion

Leading Change in United Nations Organizations

RESEARCH
Report by Catherine Bertini

This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership.

US Capitol Building at night Global Politics