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Over the weekend, North Korea launched a new cruise missile. It's unlikely to shift American public opinion.

The 2019 Chicago Council Survey finds that support for South Korea as an ally remains high and bipartisan

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.

This report outlines two recommendations for how cities can address climate change overall and ultimately succeed in a lower-carbon world.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs considers whether agricultural research initiatives cause solutions to be imposed from the top down.

With so much activity around cities in today's world, there is a lot to track. Here are ten trends in 2020 to watch where cities will be particularly influential on the global stage.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates US public views North Korea’s nuclear program as one of the top threats facing the country.

Women all over the world are delivering foods to their communities, improving the nutrition and health of their household members, and transforming food systems.

Xuefei Ren argues that cities in China and India are more aptly compared in territorial vs. associational governance than by regime type.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report concludes organizations need to address diversity specifically as intersectional going forward.

Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative.

Karl Friedhoff examines the United States' nuanced understanding of policy options on North Korea's nuclear program.

Inevitably, the COVID-19 pandemic will change how people across the world think about foreign relations. Craig Kafura looks at Australia as a case study for how these changes affect public opinion.

In his first speech as National Security Advisor, Bolton threatened to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, bar them from traveling to the US, and use US courts to prosecute them.

Americans want to play an active part in world affairs but are reassessing their foreign policy priorities and how they want to engage with the world.

As the coronavirus pandemic begins to quickly spread across the globe, Council experts assess public opinion around the virus and its impact.

According to a new report, Midwestern policymakers—rather than federal leadership—must take action on immigration policy.

This survey shows a majority of Americans support the broad outlines of an agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program to civilian uses.

As the historical gathering point of people from different origins, cities are a key nexus of immigration policy implementation and innovative experimentation.

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

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.

Check out our round up of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development!

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

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.

Were the recommendations in the Center on Global Food and Agriculture's 2015 nutrition report successful? The Council examines this question in the second part of our 2021 series to find out.

Majority of Americans favor the Iran nuclear agreement but are prepared to use military force to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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

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

A way to reduce traffic and pollution and improve city transit systems, cordoned pricing exists in several cities around the world. Could it work in Chicago?

President Jair Bolsonaro might be leaving office, but the country’s political trust issues are far from resolved.

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores how to advance a more sustainable and inclusive global food system even with increasing water scarcity.

Recent surveys find significant partisan differences among leaders and the public on the degree of threat posed by China and how the United States should respond.

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

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Craig Kafura explores how Millennials hold distinct views on US-China foreign policy.

The 2006 Chicago Council survey focused on U.S. and international public opinion on the rise of China and India and its implications on foreign policy.

The 2017 Chicago Council Survey found that while the American public supports sanctions against North Korea, they don't support overt military action.

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.

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

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Ian Klaus explains how conferences can call attention to that which scientists and policymakers don’t know.

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

The impact of global challenges such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic manifests most acutely in urban settings, rendering cities essential players on the global stage. 

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains pandemic preparedness must include more than research, vaccine development, and stockpiling supplies.

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

Recommendations for how the Obama administration and Congress can restore America’s leadership in the fight against global hunger and poverty.

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

Recent polling reveals both good and bad news for the future of US-Russian relations.

Despite the Trump administration’s approach to immigration, survey data reveals growing support for a pathway to citizenship for unauthorized workers.

Polling shows the Swedish public is keenly aware of the threat posed by Russia and favors a strong policy response to the invasion of Ukraine.

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.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we dig deeper into how the pandemic has affected immigrants to the US.