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How the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is handling the stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book from the Council highlights the economic development and transformation of Chicago from industrial powerhouse to global metropolis.

This paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs argues that educating girls has the power to break the cycle of poverty and transform societies.

This report explores ways cities can assess the true value of their public assets

Chicago is positioned to elevate itself as a bold city, capable of taking on cutting-edge policies and providing accessible opportunities for all residents.

John Austin and Alexander Hitch examine policies and priorities to drive equitable economic recovery in the Midwest in a world reshaped by COVID-19.

A dual history, of a century of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and of the foreign policy battles and debates as they paraded across the Council's stage.

Feeding cities presents a major opportunity to improve the plight of millions of small-scale farmers and rural residents trapped in subsistence agriculture and joblessness.

This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas.

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.

The government must recognize investment opportunities in US agricultural research and development in order to address current and future climate challenges.

Council President and Former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo H. Daalder reflects on the one-year anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine.

Council expert Roger Thurow explains how most African countries don’t have the resources to provide aid to their own citizens.

This essay appears in the book The End of Hunger edited by Jenny Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani.

The vision for Chicago’s global strategy begins with an inventory of the city’s assets, needs, and opportunities.

Securing our cities is emerging as one of the most important challenges of our time.

This report outlines how cities and the private sector can collaborate on and magnify sustainability efforts that enable broad systemic change.

A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs by Rudolph G. Penner that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the global economy.

How can residents of the world’s richest country be hungry? The coronavirus exposed America’s secret of hunger amid abundance.

US security assistance meant for counterterrorism efforts is also implicated in the government’s war against Anglophone separatists.