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

Cities are key actors in the fight against climate change. Progress made in data collection on city involvement in global governance is crucial to their success.

Accessing and affording healthy food is a challenge for many Americans. In collaboration with World Central Kitchen, the Council provides domestic policy recommendations.

Paul Newnham identifies key gaps in efforts to end hunger, and offers solutions to break down silos and build up food systems.

While the water footprint of livestock is substantive, the cost of that footprint is far from straightforward.

An essay about food insecurity and child hunger by Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Roger Thurow.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

City leaders must ensure full transparency and public control of data and infrastructure when partnering with tech vendors on smart city solutions.

Social media can allow farmers to reach new audiences and ultimately inspire a new wave of young agriculturalists.

What are economic sanctions? How are they used in US foreign policy? And what should future policymakers consider before employing them?

Chicagoans may love to compare the city to New York, but Chicago occupies a second tier of global cities that are centers of learning, culture, and business.

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

Despite 75 years of struggle, two scholars remain cautiously optimistic about the future.

This report authored by a group of experts from Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, and the United States discusses a regional vision for reducing urban violence in the Western Hemisphere.

This report looks at emerging cities—namely Beijing, Shanghai, and Taipei—and their ability to attract, retain, and generate flows of ideas, capital, and people.

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.

If CRISPR crops can avoid being regulated like GMOs, they can create significant opportunities for low- and middle-income countries, and help combat hunger and poverty.

Issues around object provenance have hit the museum industry hard. Here’s a list of Illinois institutions that have dealt with controversies in this arena.

Roughly $24 billion in military aid has been authorized for Ukraine since August—dwarfing total US assistance to the country in all previous years.

With AI set to reshape the world, "Dream States" offers a timely and comprehensive analysis of the challenges and opportunities of smart city technology.