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How the Council is Responding to the Shutdown | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
How the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is handling the stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Global Chicago | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This book from the Council highlights the economic development and transformation of Chicago from industrial powerhouse to global metropolis.
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Women and Girls as Change Agents | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs argues that educating girls has the power to break the cycle of poverty and transform societies.
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Untapped Wealth of Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This report explores ways cities can assess the true value of their public assets
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A Global Welcome: Metro Chicago's Approach to Immigrant Inclusion | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chicago is positioned to elevate itself as a bold city, capable of taking on cutting-edge policies and providing accessible opportunities for all residents.
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Rebuilding the Midwest's Infrastructure | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
John Austin and Alexander Hitch examine policies and priorities to drive equitable economic recovery in the Midwest in a world reshaped by COVID-19.
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Chicago and the World: 100 Years of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A dual history, of a century of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and of the foreign policy battles and debates as they paraded across the Council's stage.
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Growing Food for Growing Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Feeding cities presents a major opportunity to improve the plight of millions of small-scale farmers and rural residents trapped in subsistence agriculture and joblessness.
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Growing the Heartland | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas.
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Healthy Food for a Healthy World | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This report calls on the United States to use the power of the agriculture and food sector to reduce the reality and risks of malnutrition globally.
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New Solutions for a Changing Climate | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The government must recognize investment opportunities in US agricultural research and development in order to address current and future climate challenges.
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A Year of War in Ukraine | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council President and Former US Ambassador to NATO Ivo H. Daalder reflects on the one-year anniversary of Russia's war in Ukraine.
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African Voices | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council expert Roger Thurow explains how most African countries don’t have the resources to provide aid to their own citizens.
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I am Gita | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This essay appears in the book The End of Hunger edited by Jenny Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani.
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Chicago's Global Strategy | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The vision for Chicago’s global strategy begins with an inventory of the city’s assets, needs, and opportunities.
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Security in the Age of Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Securing our cities is emerging as one of the most important challenges of our time.
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Aligning ESG and SDGs at the Urban Level | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This report outlines how cities and the private sector can collaborate on and magnify sustainability efforts that enable broad systemic change.
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Vouchers and Housing Policy | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs by Rudolph G. Penner that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the global economy.
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America's Oxymoron | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
How can residents of the world’s richest country be hungry? The coronavirus exposed America’s secret of hunger amid abundance.
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Cameroon: Which War Are We Fighting? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
US security assistance meant for counterterrorism efforts is also implicated in the government’s war against Anglophone separatists.
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From Climate Pledges to Transformative Action | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Can the United States deliver on its food systems and climate commitments? We offer recommendations to protect the planet and feed the world.
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The Last Hunger Season Revisited | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
We revisit the families profiled in Council senior fellow Roger Thurow's book, The Last Hunger Season, six years later.
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Defining the Path to Zero Hunger in an Equitable World | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Center on Global Food and Agriculture provides a bold vision for a 21st Century of zero hunger in a healthier and more equitable world.
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"Built By China" Going Global | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
China's evolving economy and geopolitical strategy affect infrastructure and cities worldwide: witness the launch of the China-Laos Railway.
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America the Dangerous | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains the “China gap” in American public opinion despite consensus among foreign policy experts.
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Talking Back to Hunger | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Roger Thurow shares a poem evoking the human face of domestic hunger — an issue that is too often forgotten in policy discussions.
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Ten Commandments for a Digital City | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The digital revolution is rapidly transforming cities, and a new vision and set of protocols is needed for them to leverage the promises of connectivity.
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Urban Waterways in Global Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This report is the product of an international effort between Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris to advance the discussion over how to transform neglected urban waterways.
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The Case for Inclusive Agricultural Development | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Amid shifts towards inclusive agricultural development, the Center for Global Food and Agriculture offers policy recommendations for further US government action.
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Less is More: A New Strategy for US Security Assistance to Africa | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script.
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2012 Global Cities Index | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This report looks at emerging cities—namely Beijing, Shanghai, and Taipei—and their ability to attract, retain, and generate flows of ideas, capital, and people.
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The Gendered Burden of Water | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Michael Tiboris explains how water insecurity has profoundly disproportionate effects on women.
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Global Food Security by the Numbers | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Agricultural development and other food security efforts make the food supply more reliable and affordable, which hedges against civil strife.
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Global Voices, Local Action | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Global Cities Officer Rachel Abrams reflects on connecting city leaders from oceans away.
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Our New Gordian Knot | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Roger Thurow examines the question of how to conquer global hunger and malnutrition while also saving the planet from the strain on our environment, biodiversity, and health.
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Infrastructure: The EU's Global Gateway Put to the Test | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Through infrastructure investments, economic integration, and green and digital transitions, the EU's Global Gateway will shape Africa and its cities as new hubs for development.
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The Looming Global Obesity Threat | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This paper seeks to raise awareness of the growing global obesity epidemic and the need to address the economic, security, and humanitarian threats it poses.
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On and Off the BRI Map: A Story of the Darwin Port, Australia | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Port of Darwin shows the potential of China's Belt and Road Initiative as social infrastructure, but also the challenges in materializing its benefits.
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Investing to Nourish India's Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
India is forecast to experience the largest increase in urban population of any country in the world. India's cities could have another 404 million mouths to feed by the year 2050.
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Participatory Governance in Local Care Programs | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Two case studies from Bogotá and Chicago demonstrate how cities embraced participatory governance frameworks in their COVID-19 pandemic responses.
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From Simple to Great, from Past to Future | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Lima 2035 shares their ambitious plan to change urban food systems to transform the world’s driest megacity.
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Starting Early | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
An essay about food insecurity and child hunger by Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Roger Thurow.
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The Potential of Regenerative Agriculture | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Investing in regenerative agriculture opens a world of possibilities for the agricultural sector.
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The Emerging Geopolitics of Infrastructure Competition | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The success of ambitious states will be determined by their ability to shape global infrastructures and the cities they connect around the world.
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Women's Success Is the World's Success | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council Distinguished Fellow and Former Executive Director of the World Food Program Catherine Bertini reflects on why elevating women and girls worldwide matters.
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The War Against Ukraine's Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Kyiv, a capital city under siege, falters under the dangers of urbicide. As the victor emerges, so too does a new world order.
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Ethiopia: Propping up One Strongman after Another | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
America’s unconditional security sector assistance has helped facilitate Ethiopia’s violent responses to opposition.
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Considering a Soil Initiative for Africa | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This paper diagnoses the challenges faced in mitigating and reversing the decline of soil quality in Africa.
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Grandstanding in the Situation Room | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The White House Situation Room has entertained grandstanding that betrays the seriousness of the "Sit Room" and its national security function.
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Defining Chicago | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chicagoans may love to compare the city to New York, but Chicago occupies a second tier of global cities that are centers of learning, culture, and business.