October 16, 2018, RESEARCH Book by Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, Diego Cambiaso, American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous., Key Findings , American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is...

November 7, 2018, RESEARCH Working Paper by Samuel Kling, Carl Campbell, Download Report (PDF), The implementation of automated vehicles (AVs) will reshape our cities in ways large and small, but much is unknown to make reliable predictions about AVs’ specific effects on cities., Key Findings ...

October 16, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Roger Thurow, Download Report (PDF), This paper seeks to raise awareness of the growing global obesity epidemic and the need to address the economic, security, and humanitarian threats it poses., Introduction, While the development community has been foc...

October 2, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2017 Chicago Council Survey, conducted roughly six months into the Trump administration, tested the appeal of "America First" ideas a...

May 8, 2019, RESEARCH Working Paper by Kris Hartley, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Safeguarding methods of democratic influence is a core strategic mandate for city governments to legitimize technology., Introduction, As the digital revolution enables initiatives like smart cities and e-governa...

November 4, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This report says that Americans remain supportive of the US military presence in Japan., Introduction, President Trump’s longstanding skepticism toward US alliances and the coming negotiations over...

September 18, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The American public sees the US-German relationship as good for US national security but is divided over military forces in Germany., Introduction, The American public, meanwhile, sees the US-Germa...

September 19, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Bettina Hammer, David Sandoz, Download Report (PDF), This survey finds most Americans still consider Iran’s nuclear program a critical threat, but at lower levels before 2015 nuclear deal., Introduction, The 2019 Chicago Coun...

July 7, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ian Klaus , Hugo Decramer , Michele Acuto , Juliana Kerr , Sam Tabory , and Noah J. Toly, Download Report (PDF), Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are a...

April 13, 2000, RESEARCH Report by Richard C. Longworth, Allen McGregor/Flickr, Download Report (PDF), America’s cities are becoming increasingly important actors on the global stage. The idea that cities must reflexively submit to impersonal global forces is giving way to the recognition that ...