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Accounting for neighborhood characteristics can help remove barriers to SNAP enrollment.

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

Nearly a decade ago, SAWBO was launched by and remains co-directed by Drs. Julia Bello-Bravo and Barry Pittendrigh, both currently faculty members at Michigan State University (MSU).

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.

The Council's first digital Global Food Security Symposium explored the challenges facing agriculture and the innovations, approaches, and solutions needed to build a more equitable and sustainable food system.

A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the Global Economy.

We discuss the challenges of feeding and nourishing a rapidly growing global population in the face of water scarcity.

Karen Weigert examines research, initial findings, potential implications, and suggestions for future research on benchmarking and energy efficiency programs.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains that the Midwest needs to open its doors to the world to survive in the global economy.

“Thanksgiving must be a day to recognize the Indigenous fight against colonization and its legacies as we seek to reclaim our foods,” writes Jayden Lim.

The building of an election fraud narrative in South Korea's presidential election is already underway.

Community and family gardens provide the foundation for Native Food Sovereignty, and allow the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to reclaim their local food system.

Cities around the world are preparing for the massive disruption of autonomous vehicles. What are some of the opportunities and risks? Here's what you should know.

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Geographically targeted economic development strategies can serve as an antidote to political extremism in formerly industrial regions.

People around the world offer their perspectives on the global themes of King Charles III's first address on the world stage.

Many of the challenges the world faced in 2020 will continue to shape our world next year.

If left unmitigated, hunger- and climate change-induced suffering in both Afghanistan and Haiti will likely exacerbate current political instability and conflict.

A blog post by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Roger Thurow on how unclean water and poor sanitation are leading causes of child mortality and stunting.

Given the rising global threats, turning inward is a politically expedient platform. But overcoming global challenges requires trust and cooperation.

This report authored by a group of experts from Brazil, Columbia, Mexico, and the United States discusses a regional vision for reducing urban violence in the Western Hemisphere.

Our weekly roundup of the top news in food, agriculture, and global development.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

Amid growing anxiety among experts and health officials, how do publics in countries around the world perceive the threat of the coronavirus?

The Summary for Urban Policymakers series grew out of a recognition of the need for greater integration of climate science with the urban perspective.

American religious groups have spent millions exporting homophobia to the East African nation.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains that the future is not bright for Chicago’s Mexican population stability or growth.

Deep Dish host Brian Hanson shares five recent episodes that help explain what’s happening in our world today and why these issues are so important.

The authors of this book address multiple questions involving the nature of youth protest in the twenty-first century.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Kristin Ljungkvist explains Global Cities and US-Iran Relations.

US aid would not have been nearly as effective without Ukraine’s efforts to improve its military prior to the 2022 Russian invasion.

Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.

The Barbados Plan and other climate finance proposals gained momentum at the United Nations' COP27 summit, argues Chris Morris

Regenerative agriculture can help our food and agricultural systems become more resilient.

Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are actively forging links across borders, taking part in setting the international agenda, and shifting the

Food insecurity plays a critical and complex role in Myanmar's current political turmoil, and has played a similar role in uprisings of the past.

Analysis from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs of the world’s largest economic entities reveals the economic influence of cities.

A rise in demand for food delivery is outpacing the capacity of delivery workers, leading to concerns about food price increases.

France's presidential election offers fresh insight into the relationship between post-industrial regions and partisan politics.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, Katelyn Jones explains the Agriculture Matrix and how farmers are using artificial intelligence.

During a pandemic outbreak, washing our hands is integral in stopping the spread. However, in many parts of Africa and elsewhere in the developing world, properly washing hands is a luxury—as is soap.

Leaders from the US and Europe have much to learn from one another in building strategies to foster economic renewal in formerly industrial regions.

Global cities are products of a liberal world order that is under threat from the rise of populist nationalism, protectionism, and growing authoritarianism.

In an article published in the journal Globalizations, senior fellow Noah Toly explores the relationship between London and the UK's decision to leave the EU.

New statements by a North Korean diplomat may indicate that the upcoming Singapore summit is in peril of failing.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has promoted despondency and hopelessness to the extent that citizens become paralyzed and incapable of challenging the political status quo.

Women and girls make up 60 percent of the world’s chronically hungry population and are 10 percent more likely than men to experience food insecurity.

A secure food supply chain is critical to ensure that the COVID-19 crisis does not become a cycle of food insecurity and illness. We must rethink our food supply.

Thirty leaders from Latin American and Caribbean countries met to discuss how to improve safety, reduce violence, and ultimately better the lives of young people living in cities.