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Cyber theft has cost the US economy billions of dollars and has resulted in the loss of millions of jobs. The government is now being pressured to develop more comprehensive cybersecurity regulations.

Emerging AgTech innovations have the potential to radically improve the sustainability, profitability, and accessibility of US-produced food.

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

The report examines two important locales experienced by refugees: permanent camp settings, such as in Za’atari, Jordan, and transitory arrival centers, such as in Lampedusa, Italy.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Lisa Moon explains food loss and waste.

Muthana and Begum’s requests to return to their home countries after joining ISIS have shattered stereotypes of women’s roles in terrorism.

Examples around the world make clear that density—whether low or high—is no excuse when it comes to the appalling number of COVID-19 cases facing the United States.

Both the United States and Germany are seeing evolving economies in their respective "rust belts," formerly robust engines of the industrial era.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains how we can give power back to nation-states to transform international affairs.

Regenerative agriculture helps build just food economies, protecting Indigenous ways of knowing despite outside pressure to conform to globalized agricultural practices.

Federal investment in space technology is crucial to help farmers fight climate change—this generation's moonshot.

In promoting economic renewal in industrial heartland regions, leaders must avoid language that condemns these regions and their citizens to passivity.

The United States will have to take the lead in rebuilding trust and confidence in its security commitments—including the nuclear guarantee.

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.

In this Chicago Council blog we explore three major policy arenas that show why Germany’s connection to multilateralism is deeper than in the United States.

This paper explores how city leaders can use economic power to narrow the gap in wealth and opportunity.

Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture and food security both in the US and abroad. In collaboration with the Farm Journal Foundation, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs provides recommendations that are targeted both domestically and

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.

A paper that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the Global Economy.