July 18, 2022, RESEARCH Working Paper by Hani Shamat , Colin Murphy , Ellen Partridge , and Samuel Kling, Olivier DJIANN, Download Report (PDF), Micromobility can play a major role in transportation decarbonization, but its potential varies depending on the conditions in which it's employed., Wor...

February 15, 2023, RESEARCH Working Paper by Liza Cirolia and Rifquah Hendricks, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The energy transition in African cities marks a key site of geopolitical competition, as China's control of the solar market reshapes urban service delivery., The current African energ...

June 9, 2022, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ivo H. Daalder and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, iStock, Download Report (PDF), The world's democracies need a way to fight back against coercive economic actions by authoritarian governments, argue Ivo Daalder and Anders Fogh Rasmussen., Increasingly, authoritaria...

January 17, 2023, RESEARCH Working Paper by Andrea Pollio, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), African cities have emerged as proxy arenas where different modes of international relations are given effect through the development of infrastructure., The importance of cities as geopolitical actors is n...

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 13, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Xiangming Chen, Reuters, Even as the war in Ukraine creates risks, the extensive city-based CEFT network remains resilient from its continued expansion, improved infrastructure, and operational adaptability., China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will offic...

May 12, 2015, RESEARCH Report, Ben Cappellacci, Download Report (PDF), This report seeks to dive into global city rankings and illustrate how methodologies, definitions, data use, and conclusions vary wildly from ranking to ranking., If world cities are the commanding hubs of a globalizing world,...

August 30, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Florita Gunasekara , Maitreyi Koduganti Venkata , and Chandni Singh, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Local leadership plays a critical role in responding to climate threats and addressing the challenges associated with migration, the report's authors find., Cli...

September 22, 2020, RESEARCH Report by Samuel Kling and Lucas Stephens, PhD, Eric Allix Rogers, Download Report (PDF), The growing role of federal and state money in combatting erosion and flooding at Chicago’s Lake Michigan shore offers an opportunity to mandate local governments make their be...

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