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This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains how we must fun research about microbes to protect our health and the crops we need to survive.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, Mark Titterington explains the journey to regenerative agriculture systems.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report highlights the fact that America’s commitment to global food security is more important than ever.

Ensuring smallholder farmers receive agricultural information is of critical importance for realizing global food security, and the USDA has a prominent role to play in close partnership with USAID.

How would you explain Chicago’s business culture to folks who have never been to the U.S.? Here’s how one expert does it.

For more than a century, tattoo artists have connected Chicagoans with other countries and cultures — a tradition that lives on, even as the industry changes.

Though working-class voters continue to be disillusioned, place-based investments can help restore confidence and heal our polarized politics.

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), is to be signed March 8—one year after the US stepped away from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The movement of Venezuelans across the Western Hemisphere highlights the need for regional coordination.

Precise, timely, and trustworthy data can help achieve food security within African cities.

This blog post from our "Field Notes" series focuses on Newcastle disease, which poses a substantial threat to the poultry sector in Africa.

Karl Friedhoff examines the United States' nuanced understanding of policy options on North Korea's nuclear program.

A Democratic victory provides an opportunity for transatlantic collaboration, but structures for cooperation among stakeholders in the US need to be revived.

A ceasefire between Ethiopian government forces and Tigrayan rebels brings optimism after years of fighting.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report indicates the US needs pragmatic, sensible approaches to immigration.

Farm Journal Foundation experts examine public sector incentives and assistance for farmers looking to adopt new practices.

A Council working paper shows the climate benefits of shared mobility, but urban leaders must implement policies that make it safer and more accessible.

Queer farmers are challenging discriminatory legacies in agriculture, and envisioning an agricultural system that uplifts and celebrates LBGTQIA+ people.

Craig Kafura unpacks Council survey findings on US attitudes toward Beijing.

Amid new challenges to global food security, the Center for Global Food and Agriculture analyzes necessary changes to the Global Food Security Act Reauthorization.