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Over the weekend, North Korea launched a new cruise missile. It's unlikely to shift American public opinion.

The 2019 Chicago Council Survey finds that support for South Korea as an ally remains high and bipartisan

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.

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

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

With so much activity around cities in today's world, there is a lot to track. Here are ten trends in 2020 to watch where cities will be particularly influential on the global stage.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates US public views North Korea’s nuclear program as one of the top threats facing the country.

Women all over the world are delivering foods to their communities, improving the nutrition and health of their household members, and transforming food systems.

Xuefei Ren argues that cities in China and India are more aptly compared in territorial vs. associational governance than by regime type.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report concludes organizations need to address diversity specifically as intersectional going forward.

Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative.

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

Inevitably, the COVID-19 pandemic will change how people across the world think about foreign relations. Craig Kafura looks at Australia as a case study for how these changes affect public opinion.

In his first speech as National Security Advisor, Bolton threatened to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, bar them from traveling to the US, and use US courts to prosecute them.

Americans want to play an active part in world affairs but are reassessing their foreign policy priorities and how they want to engage with the world.

As the coronavirus pandemic begins to quickly spread across the globe, Council experts assess public opinion around the virus and its impact.

According to a new report, Midwestern policymakers—rather than federal leadership—must take action on immigration policy.

This survey shows a majority of Americans support the broad outlines of an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program to civilian uses.

As the historical gathering point of people from different origins, cities are a key nexus of immigration policy implementation and innovative experimentation.

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