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Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.

This paper explores how China’s growth in naval power is proceeding at a remarkable rate and foreshadows a change in the regional maritime balance of power.

This report examines how policy changes have contributed to U.S. leadership in improving global food security.

As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.

Overshadowed by global trade conflicts, the pending EU-Mercosur trade pact underlines the shifting global trade landscape away from a US-led international trade order.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores how to advance a more sustainable and inclusive global food system even with increasing water scarcity.

The prestige and popularity of the World Cup is a political force beyond any nation's control, writes Chris Morris

Gloria Dabek and Alyssa Kreps examine how integrating a climate lens into foreign policy and national security will have ripple effects on both domestic and global food security.

Faced with a new, less popular monarch, will a growing movement for republicanism accelerate in the Caribbean 'realms'?

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs considers whether agricultural research initiatives cause solutions to be imposed from the top down.

This report serves as a resource to help policymakers understand the opportunities, challenges, and complexities facing cities and their strategic stakeholders in advancing the SDGs.

This report outlines two recommendations for how cities can address climate change overall and ultimately succeed in a lower-carbon world.

Australians are more concerned about severe weather events than the climate crisis causing them. But is tackling the former alone just putting out fires?

Over the last couple of decades, an increasing number of consumers in high-income countries have bought into the booming superfood market.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog by Madeleine Nicholson checks in to see if the world is on track to achieve the lofty Sustainable Development Goals.

Integrated pest management benefits the environment, farmers' productivity, and time-strapped women around the world.

African cities are experiencing growing climate-related migration that has the opportunity to unlock their economic, social, and cultural development.

Feed the Future’s Michael Carter explains why risk management innovations reduce poverty and spur agricultural growth.

The fall armyworm is destroying crops throughout Asia and Africa, intensifying the many burdens small-scale farmers are met with every day.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains that better water management is crucial to global food and nutrition security.