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Mx. Granger
Immigration Policies Could Create Risks for Candidates on Both Sides | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm explain immigration policy risks for presidential candidates.
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Lance Cheung
Global Food Security Act Reauthorization: New and Lingering Challenges | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Amid new challenges to global food security, the Center for Global Food and Agriculture analyzes necessary changes to the Global Food Security Act Reauthorization.
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Global Health
After a Year of Pandemic, Global Public Opinion Shows Increasing Desire for Vaccine | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
It has now been a year since many nations began to implement restrictions due to the pandemic. As the global health crisis drags into its second year, more people seek the vaccine as a way to return to normal.
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US Army
Republicans, Democrats Split on Increasing US Defense Budget | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Americans overall want to maintain defense spending. But Democrats, younger people, and those with a college education prefer cuts, while Republicans prefer expansion.
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REUTERS
Vaccinations Bring Hope; Brazil Death Toll Mounts; One Month to Tokyo | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In some countries the year of the pandemic is coming to a close, with successful vaccination campaigns providing an exit from pandemic restrictions. But that’s not the case everywhere.
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Monica Volpin
Flavors and Culture: Food Systems through Indigenous Women's Eyes | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Productive practices of Indigenous women's groups have significant value in contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the well-being of humanity, and therefore encourage exchange and dialogue.
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Public Opinion
As Virus Spreads Unevenly, Global Public Opinion Shows Mixed Feelings | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While some countries are beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel, others continue to struggle through the crisis as case numbers remain elevated.
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REUTERS
Qatar 2022: China and Iran Confront the Political Power of the World Cup | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The prestige and popularity of the World Cup is a political force beyond any nation's control, writes Chris Morris
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AP Photos
Runners from more than 140 countries participated in the Chicago Marathon | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon continues to generate significant economic benefits for Chicago, thanks to its unique characteristics and international reputation.
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REUTERS
US Africa Leaders Summit Preview
President Joe Biden will host the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, in December 2022. Africa’s shift toward China, Russia will be the meeting subtext.
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Joel Muniz
Pandemic Offers an Opportunity to Revitalize, Reinforce Local Food Economies | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we discuss the COVID-19 pandemic’s negative effects on the food and agriculture industry.
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Reuters
Americans See Energy Supply Disruption as Biggest Threat to US Security | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The public also remains concerned about the potential for a global economic downtown, Council polling shows.
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Food and Agriculture
Could a Data Sharing Protocol be Agriculture's Missing Link? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Digital Green explains how a data sharing protocol can empower farmers and build a better food system in week two of our blog series, Harvesting Tomorrow.
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John Cameron
As Virus Rages Unevenly, Global Public Opinion Shows Divergent Attitudes | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Although cases have declined significantly in Europe, the United States, and much of East Asia, the pandemic remains a major threat in South America, India, and several other nations around the world.
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Global Health
With Normalcy Returning in Some Places, Global Public Opinion Shows a Degree of Anxiety | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While coronavirus restrictions are being incrementally removed in certain countries, some people are feeling concern at returning to the activities that had characterized their pre-pandemic lives.
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Russians See Greater Reward than Risk in Closer Relations with China | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
As Russia and China grow closer through economic ties, a joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Levada Analytical Center survey finds that the Russian public sees little downside to the growing bilateral relationship.
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William Warby
Americans Positive on South Korea Despite Trump's Views on Alliance | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Survey results show President Trump’s threats and bullying tactics with Seoul haven't lessened support for the alliance with South Korea.
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Reuters
Some Aussies Overlook Link Between Climate Change and Drought | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Australians are more concerned about severe weather events than the climate crisis causing them. But is tackling the former alone just putting out fires?
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Reuters
The Fallout of Zero-COVID in China
China's Zero-COVID policy was "meant to be living proof of a superior system of governance," writes Kris Hartley in the Diplomat.
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Ashokra Farm
Queering Farming: How LGBTQIA+ Farmers are Reimagining Agriculture | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Queer farmers are challenging discriminatory legacies in agriculture, and envisioning an agricultural system that uplifts and celebrates LBGTQIA+ people.
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Shawn Ang
Publics Prioritize Disease Control Efforts Over Economic Re-opening | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic, includes polling results from around the world.
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Abdul Goni
Amid Surges and Vaccine Issues, Global Public Opinion Shows Crisis is not Over | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Following high profile pauses to the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, as well as surging cases in different parts of the world, it is clear that the gains in some countries do not signal an end to the pandemic.
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Cities around the world charge to drive in certain downtown areas. Could Chicago follow? | Could Chicago adopt a cordoned pricing program?
A way to reduce traffic and pollution and improve city transit systems, cordoned pricing exists in several cities around the world. Could it work in Chicago?
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Rob Potvin
Talking the Talk – How Cities Shape Migration Narratives on the Global Agenda | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Cities use migration-focused narratives not only in an attempt to influence global discussions, but also to achieve concrete outcomes for transforming local realities.
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AP Photos
Can City Diplomacy Help African Cities Take Action on Climate Mobility? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
African cities are experiencing growing climate-related migration that has the opportunity to unlock their economic, social, and cultural development.
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Reuters
Americans Prefer Supporting Role in Constraining Chinese and Russian Ambitions | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?
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Anne Thurow
Black Farmers' Voices: How the Past Influences Food Insecurity Today | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.
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REUTERS
Profiles of Power: Biden, Xi Discuss "Competition Without Conflict," Climate | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While Biden and Xi met in Bali, the UN's COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh is being re-energized by the discussion between the world leaders.
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REUTERS
Amid Global Unpopularity, China Might Find Support Among Russians | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While China might be losing friends in many countries, it still has the support of the Russian public.
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Kremlin
US Experts Anticipate Future Decline for Russia Among the Great Powers | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm find that while experts anticipate changes in the global balance of power in the next 20 years, with China overtaking the United States, they do not expect Russia to come out stronger.
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Feed the Future
Feed the Future Grows Food Security through Innovation and Collaboration | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Just over ten years ago, the world was shaken not by a pandemic but by skyrocketing food prices.
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Clay Banks
2020 Election Review: Smaller, Economically Successful Midwest Cities Shifted Toward Biden as Much as Suburbs | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Data from the 2016 and 2020 elections show it’s not just large cities, their suburbs, and university towns that have shifted toward Democrats.
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Fran Boloni
How Cities Around the World Are Handling COVID-19
It is not just cities, but also their local and global supply chains, travel networks, airports and specific neighborhoods that are sources of contagion.
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REUTERS
The Other COP: Biodiversity Summit Sets New Goals, but Eludes Global Headlines | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
COP15 set new targets for protecting ecosystems, but funding, implementation, and a lack of global attention to biodiversity give pause for Chris Morris.
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Eric Prouzet
A Water Mold Helped Kill a Million People, Then Changed Science Forever | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Mike Kelleher joins the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to explore potato disease and explain the historic breakthrough for a durable and safe solution.
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REUTERS
South Koreans See China as More Threat than Partner, But Not the Most Critical Threat Facing the Country | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Majorities of South Koreans cite low birthrates in South Korea and North Korea’s nuclear program as larger threats than China's economic or military power.
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Raed Mansour
Don't Blame Cities for COVID-19
Director of Global Cities Research Sam Kling writes in La Cahiers on the history leading to the vilification of cities and density early in the pandemic.
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Global Health
Fighting Fake News in the COVID-19 Era: Policy Insights from an Equilibrium Model
Like many policy challenges, the COVID-19 crisis is exposing deep-seated political and epistemological divisions, fueled in part contestation over scientific evidence and ideological tribalism stoked in online communities.
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Eva Darron
Post-Pandemic Travel and Tourism: How Has Travel Shaped Your Worldview? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council staff share how travel has shaped their worldview.
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Migration
How Chicago's immigrants can help us chart a path to COVID recovery
Working for a nonprofit that serves thousands of immigrants in Chicago each year, Sara McElmurry understands firsthand what immigrants can offer the city if offered access to opportunity.
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Global Health
On COVID-19, Foreign Policy Elites are Just as Polarized as the Public
New survey results suggest that President-elect Biden will have to work hard to cultivate bipartisan buy-in for efforts to rein in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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REUTERS
India's COVID-19 Crisis Pushes the US to Get Vaccine Diplomacy Right
“Viruses don't respect borders and neither do their knock-on effects,” Elizabeth Shackelford writes in the Chicago Tribune. “An uncontrolled outbreak in a country of 1.4 billion people is a crisis for all.”
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Global Health
Urban Governance: Cities in a Time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the quality of governance and competence of the world’s leaders. When politicians and civil servants fail to deliver, they quickly lose credibility and legitimacy.
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REUTERS
Parklets, Traffic-Free Zones and Outdoor Eating: How COVID Is Transforming Our Cities
"Both cities and citizens have often shown that they can adapt rapidly under crisis conditions," the Council's Non-resident Senior Fellow Michele Acuto writes with Dan Hill in the Conversation.
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Global Economy
The Best Medicine for a COVID-19 Economy? More Education and Training
In many of the new and growing jobs, higher skill requirements can best be met by providing workers with more extensive and affordable post-secondary education opportunities.
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Global Health
We're Unprepared to Handle a Congressional COVID Crisis
While the 25th Amendment to the Constitution deals with the transfer of power in the event of the president’s incapacitation, no such mechanism exists for members of Congress.
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Mufid Majnun
No, We're Not at 'War.' the Dangers of How We Talk About the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The language of war can be used to bring a nation together in common cause—but when it comes to dealing with a pandemic, all these efforts are necessary.
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Global Health
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Reuters
Viral Inequality
Far from merely reflecting an unequal distribution of economic means, rising inequality comes with a range of toxic side effects, many of which the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief.
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Reuters
A New Shared Mobility for Changing City Needs
Samuel Kling analyzes the new challenges shared mobility (such as app-based ride-hailing and e-bikes) has faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.