March 27, 2023, RESEARCH Working Paper by Alessandro Gili, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Through infrastructure investments, economic integration, and green and digital transitions, the EU's Global Gateway will shape Africa and its cities as new hubs for development., Launched in December 2021,...

November 30, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Emily Sullivan and Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), While the public would prefer diplomacy with Iran, they are not taking more aggressive options off the table., Negotiations to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCP...

April 21, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Robert Taylor, Marcin Jozwiak, Download Report (PDF), This report outlines two recommendations for how cities can address climate change overall and ultimately succeed in a lower-carbon world., Executive Summary, What role do global cities play in addressing cli...

March 3, 2015, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Andrea Durkin, Download Report (PDF), Andrea Durkin provides recommendations from a Council report aiming at addressing food security in Africa and US-Africa trade relations., A new framework for US-Africa trade relations focused on agriculture and food can...

September 10, 2012, RESEARCH Report by Michael H. Moskow and William A. Osborn, Chris Favero, Download Report (PDF), The report highlights Chicago’s strengths, analyzes global city strategies, and offers recommendations the region can take to increase foreign investment., The Chicago Council on...

July 11, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), The Russian public is concerned about NATO expansion but does not think an attack from the West is imminent., At this week’s NATO summit, enlarg...

November 1, 2008, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton , Rachel Bronson , Michael J. Green , Gregory Holyk , Catherine Hug , Steven Kull , Benjamin I. Page , Silvia Veltcheva , Christopher B. Whitney , and Thomas Wright, Jon Sailer, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2...

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...

March 31, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, REUTERS, A March 2021 survey finds Americans see US priorities in Asia to be less about limiting the expansion of China and more about economic growth and strengthening democracy., At his first press conference, President Biden sai...

April 29, 2013, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Christian Frausto Bernal, Download Report (PDF), In May 2013, Americans' overall views of Mexico were at their lowest point ever in Chicago Council Survey history, and relatively few Americans are aware that Mexico is...