July 12, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Nearly seven in 10 Americans think the war in Afghanistan has not been worth the cost, and half of Americans believe military action hasn’t made the US safer from the threat of terrorism., 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...

May 31, 2016, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Harley Jones, Ozzie Stern, Download Report (PDF), This report looks at chronic violence and community resilience in the US and around the world and makes policy recommendations for addressing chronic violence in urban areas., Chronic violence in America clai...

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February 21, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Toby Dalton , Karl Friedhoff , and Lami Kim, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Public opinion data finds robust support for a domestic nuclear weapons program in South Korea., Once a topic for the political fringe, acquisition of nuclear weapons ...

June 16, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Andrea Durkin, Vaishnav Chogale, Download Report (PDF), India is forecast to experience the largest increase in urban population of any country in the world. India's cities could have another 404 million mouths to feed by the year 2050., Executive Summary, Cities...

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...

November 15, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Phil Levy and Alexander Hitch, WTO, Download Report (PDF), There are several reasons to hope, but more reasons for concern now that the World Trade Organization is teetering due to the Trump administration’s multiple attacks., Key Findings, The World ...

April 26, 2012, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman, Asantha Abeysooriya, Download Report (PDF), This report examines how policy changes have contributed to U.S. leadership in improving global food security., The 2012 Progress Report on U.S. Leadership in Global Agricultural De...

May 21, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Michael Tiboris, Download Report (PDF), China’s growing contributions to African development should not automatically be feared, but their increased presence should create a recalibration in US approaches to development., Key Facts and Figures , China is ...