April 16, 2015, RESEARCH Report by Doug Bereuter , Dan Glickman , and Catherine Bertini, Download Report (PDF), This report calls on the United States to use the power of the agriculture and food sector to reduce the reality and risks of malnutrition globally., Leveraging Agriculture and Food to ...

October 1, 2011, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini, Getty, Download Report (PDF), This report includes recommendations for how girls in rural communities can be better supported through improved personal and professional development, health, and safety., In August 2010, The Chicago Council ann...

November 5, 2018, RESEARCH Report by Katelyn Jones, Download Report (PDF), Recognizing the critical importance of addressing D&I across sectors, a group of leaders gathered in a roundtable at the Council’s 2018 Global Health and Development Symposium., Key Findings , Gender equality is no long...

July 23, 2015, RESEARCH Report by Rebecca S. Carson, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), A new report from the Council suggests Midwestern states are unprepared for President Obama's new immigration policies., States in the Midwest are not uniformly prepared to implement immigration policies advanced...

October 13, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Noah J. Toly and Sam Tabory, Download Report (PDF), This report aims to better understand whether and how cities might harness their economic influence for influencing policy and governance debates at the national and international levels., Key Findings , Whe...

December 2, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Christopher Kindell and Laura Valdés, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Two case studies from Bogotá and Chicago demonstrate how cities embraced participatory governance frameworks in their COVID-19 pandemic responses., Among the many urban crises precipitated...

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...

March 2, 2022, RESEARCH Working Paper by Ethan Kessler, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), What are economic sanctions? How are they used in US foreign policy? And what should future policymakers consider before employing them?, Economic sanctions are a frequently used tool of US foreign policy. Und...

June 30, 2022, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ethan Kessler, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), US aid would not have been nearly as effective without Ukraine’s efforts to improve its military prior to the 2022 Russian invasion., US security assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s all-out invasion in Feb...

January 6, 2021, RESEARCH Report by John Austin and Alexander Hitch, Download Report (PDF), John Austin and Alexander Hitch examine policies and priorities to drive equitable economic recovery in the Midwest in a world reshaped by COVID-19., Executive Summary, In the midst of a national discussio...