June 17, 2021, RESEARCH Report by Sascha Haselmayer, Download Report (PDF), New America's Sascha Haselmayer presents a strategic vision for city procurement., Executive Summary, In a volatile and changing world, one government function is in a position to address challenges ranging from climate c...

October 6, 2025, RESEARCH Report by Karl Friedhoff, Rick Bowmer / AP, Download Report (PDF), Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward., Executive Summary, The race to secure critical minerals (CM) and rare ea...

January 26, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), While Americans of all political stripes remain committed to allies and alliances, the public is divided along partisan lines on the value of international organizations., Upon entering office, one...

February 28, 2013, RESEARCH Report by Tamar Jacoby , Chet Culver , Richard M. Daley , Doris Meissner , Clare Muñana , Michael Rounds , John Rowe , Samuel C. Scott III , Carole Segal , and Joe Loughrey, Prateek Katyal, Download Report (PDF), This report highlights the role of immigration in ensur...

February 25, 2009, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini , Dan Glickman , and Robert Paarlberg, Download Report (PDF), Recommendations for how the Obama administration and Congress can restore America’s leadership in the fight against global hunger and poverty., Executive Summary, The Chicago In...

June 16, 2014, RESEARCH Report by Rob Paral, Lucas Ludwig, Download Report (PDF), This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas., Immigration is a demographic lifeline for metropolitan areas throughout the 12-state Midwest regio...

February 28, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Julia Whiting and Ertharin Cousin, Bruno Kelly, Download Report (PDF), Can the United States deliver on its food systems and climate commitments? We offer recommendations to protect the planet and feed the world., The momentous 2021 global convenings on food,...

June 12, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Michael Tiboris, Download Report (PDF), This report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs examines ways that urban waterway development might be used by cities., Introduction, This report aims to solicit and examine concrete ways in which urban waterway deve...

April 2, 2012, RESEARCH Report, Henry Chen, Download Report (PDF), This report looks at emerging cities—namely Beijing, Shanghai, and Taipei—and their ability to attract, retain, and generate flows of ideas, capital, and people., New York and London remain the world’s most global cities, wh...

June 9, 2020, RESEARCH Working Paper by Katelyn Jones, Download Report (PDF), This toolkit presents a list of steps that ensure the entire research and development process uses equity, diversity, and inclusion as guiding principles at every stage., Summary, Research and development (R&D) is a key...