May 21, 2013, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman, Luke Thornton, Download Report (PDF), This report urges the US government focus its global food security strategy on science, increasing trade flows for agriculture and food, and incentivizing greater business activity in low-in...

August 12, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, David Goldman / AP, Download Report (PDF), Republicans are focused on inflation and immigration ahead of the November election, while Democrats emphasize abortion policies and democracy., The 2024 US presidential elec...

February 23, 2022, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Gloria Dabek and Peggy Tsai Yih, Lance Cheung, Download Report (PDF), Amid new challenges to global food security, the Center for Global Food and Agriculture analyzes necessary changes to the Global Food Security Act Reauthorization., The Global Food Se...

January 31, 2020, RESEARCH Policy Brief by David Nielson, Download Report (PDF), This paper diagnoses the challenges faced by governments, international organizations, and research institutions in mitigating and reversing the decline of soil quality in Africa., Key Findings, In Sub-Saharan Africa...

October 9, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although the public continues to support the military operation in Ukraine, a plurality say it has caused more harm than good for Russia., A just-completed...

February 10, 2021, RESEARCH Report by Ivo H. Daalder , Chuck Hagel , Malcolm Rifkind , and Kevin Rudd, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), A task force, cochaired by Chuck Hagel, Malcolm Rifkind, and Kevin Rudd with Ivo Daalder, argues that fraying American alliances and a rapidly changing security e...

January 27, 2020, RESEARCH Report by John Austin and Alexander Hitch, Download Report (PDF), The Midwest possesses a dynamic political and economic history that lies at the center of America’s economic growth and keeps the region front and center in politics today., Key Findings, The Midwest ha...

July 10, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini, Download Report (PDF), This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership., Introduction, From preparations made upon appointment to the position to the first 100 days in office and finally th...

October 7, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , and Emily Sullivan, iStock, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), While the Biden administration seems to understand where Americans stand on China and domestic renewal to suppor...

May 21, 2015, RESEARCH Book by Richard C. Longworth, Download Book (PDF), This book draws on the latest scholarship into global cities to explore how global cities run the world., Introduction, To understand the 21st century, we must understand global cities. If we live in a city that aspires to ...