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This report explores ways cities can assess the true value of their public assets

As part of our interview series with the shortlisted book award nominees, Raffaele Marchetti explores how cities are cities are shaping global affairs.

This paper diagnoses the challenges faced in mitigating and reversing the decline of soil quality in Africa.

The Biden Administration has the opportunity to build on a strong foundation of food and nutrition security programs to alleviate hunger and malnutrition.

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.

Over a million Ukrainian citizens have fled to other European countries. African, Asian, Caribbean nationals living in Ukraine may not be able to do the same.

In this report edited by Ian Klaus and Samuel Kling, a diverse set of experts examine the question of rights in, and to, the city in a wide and exciting array of geographies and contexts.

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

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

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

Two case studies from Bogotá and Chicago demonstrate how cities embraced participatory governance frameworks in their COVID-19 pandemic responses.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog by Richard C. Longworth explores how the old Midwest has gone away and a new Midwest is taking its place.

After nearly four years at the Council, Alesha Black, the Center on Global Food and Agriculture managing director, steps down.

This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas.

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

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Alesha Black explores the complexities of water governance in cities and in agriculture.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains the “China gap” in American public opinion despite consensus among foreign policy experts.

The world is facing three global water crises—it's imperative that we respond to them.

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

Council Distinguished Fellow and Former Executive Director of the World Food Program Catherine Bertini reflects on why elevating women and girls worldwide matters.

Safeguarding methods of democratic influence is a core strategic mandate for city governments to legitimize technology.

John Austin and Alexander Hitch examine policies and priorities to drive equitable economic recovery in the Midwest in a world reshaped by COVID-19.

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

Unlocking local knowledge and know-how in Regional Innovation Hubs.

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

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.

In the book The Last Hunger Season, the intimate dramas of farmers' lives unfold amidst growing awareness that to feed the world's growing population, food production must double by 2050.

Activities to support resilient livelihoods must be combined with peacebuilding, conflict resolution efforts, and investment in food security.

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

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

The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.

The United States should increase support for agricultural R&D in the next Farm Bill to ensure farmers can keep feeding the world in spite of challenges from climate change and other shocks. In collaboration with the Farm Journal Foundation, the

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

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

Morning Shift talks with the head of the Council about what’s on tap at the 2019 Pritzker Forum on Global Cities.

How can residents of the world’s richest country be hungry? The coronavirus exposed America’s secret of hunger amid abundance.

This book provides the non-specialist reader with the background to understand the debates about trade.

This analysis by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores how the federal immigration cutback acted as a tourniquet on the growth of 13 Midwestern cities.

This report urges the US government focus its global food security strategy on science, increasing trade flows for agriculture and food, and incentivizing greater business activity in low-income countries.

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.

Securing our cities is emerging as one of the most important challenges of our time.

Cities are key actors in the fight against climate change. Progress made in data collection on city involvement in global governance is crucial to their success.

Accessing and affording healthy food is a challenge for many Americans. In collaboration with World Central Kitchen, the Council provides domestic policy recommendations.

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

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

An essay about food insecurity and child hunger by Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Roger Thurow.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

Social media can allow farmers to reach new audiences and ultimately inspire a new wave of young agriculturalists.

City leaders must ensure full transparency and public control of data and infrastructure when partnering with tech vendors on smart city solutions.

What are economic sanctions? How are they used in US foreign policy? And what should future policymakers consider before employing them?