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Safeguarding methods of democratic influence is a core strategic mandate for city governments to legitimize technology.

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

Cities have been called bastions of democracy, but authoritarian leaders across the globe are articulating their own visions for the future of urban spaces.

Unlocking local knowledge and know-how in Regional Innovation Hubs.

American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous.

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.

In the book The Last Hunger Season, the intimate dramas of farmers' lives unfold amidst growing awareness that to feed the world's growing population, food production must double by 2050.

Activities to support resilient livelihoods must be combined with peacebuilding, conflict resolution efforts, and investment in food security.

This report includes recommendations for how girls in rural communities can be better supported through improved personal and professional development, health, and safety.

China’s growing contributions to African development should not automatically be feared, but their presence should recalibrate US approaches.

The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.

The United States should increase support for agricultural R&D in the next Farm Bill to ensure farmers can keep feeding the world in spite of challenges from climate change and other shocks. In collaboration with the Farm Journal Foundation, the

The United States has made big pledges for global nutrition. Our white paper offers recommendations to turn commitments into action.

The inclusion of gender mainstreaming in agricultural AI can help reduce gender inequity for female smallholder farmers.

Morning Shift talks with the head of the Council about what’s on tap at the 2019 Pritzker Forum on Global Cities.

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

This book provides the non-specialist reader with the background to understand the debates about trade.

This analysis by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores how the federal immigration cutback acted as a tourniquet on the growth of 13 Midwestern cities.

This report urges the US government focus its global food security strategy on science, increasing trade flows for agriculture and food, and incentivizing greater business activity in low-income countries.

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.