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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.

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

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.

Global Cities Book Award Finalist "Emergent Tokyo" examines how the city balances massive growth and local communal life and can be a model for other cities.

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

Chicago is known the world over for its bold and unique architecture. After all, it’s the birthplace of the skyscraper. But how does the city compare globally when it comes to sustainable architecture?

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.

Chicago’s regional transit system may need to make severe cuts and raise fares after COVID relief funds phase out, but riders won't likely see a systemic collapse like Venezuelan commuters experienced in the 2010’s.

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.

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.

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

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.

In picking fronts that offer the paths of least resistance, trilateral cooperation will maximize the presence of all three countries in ASEAN, maintaining balance in the region and making collective progress toward economic and development goals.

With Wisconsin's labor force projected to shrink as the population ages, immigrants will be a vital part of the state's future economic stability.

With an extension on Brexit in place, we revisit the prospects of a future trade agreement between the UK and the US.  

This paper offers actions businesses, governments, foundations, and community organizations can explore to ramp up ecosystems for future youth entrepreneurs.

The Midwest has faced a decline in manufacturing for decades, but if states in the region work together, it can remain a vital part of the regional economy.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog William Testa and Alexander Hryhorczuk explain economic globalization in cities along the Great Lakes.

Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award finalist, The Black Butterfly, uses the city of Baltimore to examine the policies, practices, and historical trauma that created hyper-segregation in today’s cities.

As the country splinters along geographic and ideological lines, post-election divisions could portend the rise of a new American city-state movement.

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

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains how single-cell proteins (SCPs) could be a more sustainable alternative to fishmeal.

This report examines implications of increasingly influential roles of global business, agricultural research, and the limited national research capacity of developing countries.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Katelyn Jones explains the UN’s Women, Peace, and Security agenda.

The product of a three-year effort, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's On to 2050 plan stresses big ideas but tells a more modest story.

In some of Chicago’s busiest commercial corridors, chambers of commerce and small businesses are coordinating to respond to the influx of migrants.

The Zuni Indigenous community looks towards their past to address issues around agriculture, food access, health, and the environment in sustainable ways.

Ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September and the pre-summit on July 26th, check out a breakdown of everything you need to know.

How would you explain Chicago’s business culture to folks who have never been to the U.S.? Here’s how one expert does it.