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Mayhem in Westminster has roots in Brexit and a political culture that favors dogma over evidence, argues columnist Chris Morris.

The recent terrorist attack in Brussels is prompting serious and important thinking about the security of global cities. 

Recent summits between Korean and American leaders may determine whether diplomacy or military confrontation will prevail in engaging North Korea.

If food waste were a country, it would be the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the US.

The Queen maintained public approval during her reign, but support for the monarchy is on the decline, posing significant challenges for the new King.

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

Robert Paarlberg challenges the UN to look beyond food access to food excess and the health issues that accompany it.

If CRISPR crops can avoid being regulated like GMOs, they can create significant opportunities for low- and middle-income countries, and help combat hunger and poverty.

Micromobility can play a major role in transportation decarbonization, but its potential varies depending on the conditions in which it's employed.

The United States has made big pledges for global nutrition. Our white paper offers recommendations to turn commitments into action.

Chinese officials have elevated food security as a policy priority, and they're taking seeds seriously.

Through their connection to traditional food practices, dandelions challenge colonized notions of food security and provide students with the opportunity to reconnect with Indigenous food systems.

This report is a collection of perspectives from 20 authors that highlights the needs of rural girls and solutions to the challenges they face.

This report examines the urgent challenges created by water scarcity and the impact on food security.

The benefits cities gain from the prestige associated with hosting the Olympics do not offset the human costs reported every year the Games are held.

The Detroit Future City plan seeks to address the city's decades of decline and calls for returning portions of vacant land to natural and agricultural uses.

China’s growing contributions to African development should not automatically be feared, but their presence should recalibrate US approaches.

Canada's national sport, hockey, is coming back in a bubble. Will Canadians tune in?

The new paradigm of "mobility as a service" promises to change how people move, with local and global ramifications.

While the water footprint of livestock is substantive, the cost of that footprint is far from straightforward.

To pass legislation and end any uncertainty swirling around the trade pact, NAFTA's new labor chapter may need further tweaking.

Like global cities before them, many ambitious secondary cities are escaping their isolated orbits and redefining the hierarchy of the global urban cosmos.

Suzanne Akhras Sahloul discusses the positive impact of refugees and immigrants on communities in Chicago.

The summer’s record temperatures have reignited the international farmworker health crisis.

Childhood malnutrition can forever change the course of someone's life.

Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman, award-winning writers on Africa, development, and agriculture, explain through vivid human stories how our sometimes well-intentioned strategies—alternating with ignorance and neglect—have conspired to keep the

The inclusion of gender mainstreaming in agricultural AI can help reduce gender inequity for female smallholder farmers.

What is a global city? In the age of globalization, these cities and their corporations, universities, media, and culture run the global economy.

The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award finalist discusses how infrastructure like transit impacts the daily lives of city residents.

Council expert Ian Klaus examines how history will remember the almost simultaneous global mobilization of policy and resources, as well as local urban adaptations and interventions.

In this brief, we ask why the WTO is worth saving, consider the complaints lodged against it, and suggest what would be required for a serious rescue attempt.

Recent years have tested the resiliency of farmers with trade wars, catastrophic floods, and now the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers are still farming.

The Council and Girl Security partnered to engage the next generation of women in national security.

American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous.

Agri-Pulse and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs team up to explore how the US agriculture and food sector can advance food security.

Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford reflects on how the Council helps students dive in.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Todd Post explains the future of food in times of change.

This report includes recommendations for how girls in rural communities can be better supported through improved personal and professional development, health, and safety.

A collaboration with Chicago Public Art Group brings to life a Council report exploring the racist origins of Chicagoland's public beach policies.

Check out our weekly roundup of the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development.

There is no understanding geopolitical competition in the 21st century without an understanding of urbanization and cities.

This report looks at chronic violence and community resilience in the US and around the world and makes policy recommendations for addressing chronic violence in urban areas.

The question of whether global cities should have their own foreign policy has been hotly debated, but recent developments have changed the calculus.

In the most globally connected financial capitals, skyscrapers will continue to serve as a key component of the built environment.

Paul Newnham identifies key gaps in efforts to end hunger, and offers solutions to break down silos and build up food systems.

Cities have been called bastions of democracy, but authoritarian leaders across the globe are articulating their own visions for the future of urban spaces.

Nonresident Fellow Sascha Haselmayer discusses his new book, which synthesizes the lessons he learned from his work with cities, governments, and NGOs.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report show the rising youth population could be a demographic challenge for food-insecure nations, if not managed properly.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we discuss if the European Union can stay politically relevant after COVID-19 and Brexit.

The Council convened a task force to provide recommendations to advance the goals of the 2022 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.