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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.

Can the United States deliver on its food systems and climate commitments? We offer recommendations to protect the planet and feed the world.

We revisit the families profiled in Council senior fellow Roger Thurow's book, The Last Hunger Season, six years later.

The Center on Global Food and Agriculture provides a bold vision for a 21st Century of zero hunger in a healthier and more equitable world.

China's evolving economy and geopolitical strategy affect infrastructure and cities worldwide: witness the launch of the China-Laos Railway.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains the “China gap” in American public opinion despite consensus among foreign policy experts.

Roger Thurow shares a poem evoking the human face of domestic hunger — an issue that is too often forgotten in policy discussions.

The digital revolution is rapidly transforming cities, and a new vision and set of protocols is needed for them to leverage the promises of connectivity.

This report is the product of an international effort between Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris to advance the discussion over how to transform neglected urban waterways.

Amid shifts towards inclusive agricultural development, the Center for Global Food and Agriculture offers policy recommendations for further US government action.

The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script.