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Dannel Malloy
As Acts of Terror Proliferate, Americans See No End in Sight | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A recent Council Survey finds that the American public considers international terrorism to be the most critical threat facing the nation.
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Marcin Jozwiak
Energy Innovation and Success of Global Cities in a Carbon-Constrained World | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This report outlines two recommendations for how cities can address climate change overall and ultimately succeed in a lower-carbon world.
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AP Photo
The newcomers: schools are migrants' gateway to Chicago's local economy | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Integrating migrant children and their parents into local schools also integrates them into the local economy.
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Desalegne Tadesse
The Gendered Impacts of Integrated Pest Management in Ethiopia and Beyond | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Integrated pest management benefits the environment, farmers' productivity, and time-strapped women around the world.
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Ny Menghor
Resilience+: How & Why Risk Management Innovations Reduce Poverty and Spur Agricultural Growth | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Feed the Future’s Michael Carter explains why risk management innovations reduce poverty and spur agricultural growth.
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Food and Agriculture
2011 Progress Report on US Leadership in Global Agricultural Development | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report documents the progress made towards securing global food availability.
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NIAID
Global Public Opinion Response as COVID-19 Halts Reopening | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council's polling team examines public opinion on COVID-19 from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, France, the UK, Italy, and Israel.
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Sebastian Pena Lambarri
Food Security Depends on Water Security—and We Need to Act Now | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains that better water management is crucial to global food and nutrition security.
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Florian Wehde
New York City's Global Experience Builds the Case for City Diplomacy | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Penny Abeywardena explains how the New York experience demonstrates city diplomacy’s impact.
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Global Health
Global Public Opinion Shows Partial Return to Normalcy, Optimism | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
COVID-19 cases are on the decline worldwide and in some countries, people are feeling hopeful as they recover aspects of their pre-COVID lives.
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Michigan State University
How One Plant Breeder Innovates to Tackle Potato’s Biggest Challenge | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Earth Day, one plant breeder reflects on the food security promise of innovative biotechnology and how it has been misunderstood.
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Brian McGowan
As Countries Reopen, Publics Concerned About Possible Second Wave | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, we explain public opinion views on COVID-19 for the week of June 3, 2020.
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Kremlin
US Experts Anticipate Future Decline for Russia Among the Great Powers | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm find that while experts anticipate changes in the global balance of power in the next 20 years, with China overtaking the United States, they do not expect Russia to come out stronger.
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REUTERS
Glasnost for US Intelligence: Will Transparency Lead to Increased Public Trust? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A University of Texas polling project from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found Americans consider the work of the intelligence community.
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Eurasian Women's Forum
Americans and Russians Are Mostly Disinterested and Disengaged with Each Other | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Recent surveys reveal that large majorities of both Russians and Americans now view their countries as rivals.
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Bhargava Marripati
No Wall Can Destroy the Bridges our Cities Have Built | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.
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Gates Foundation
To Meat or Not to Meat: Balancing Global Viewpoints in Battles over Food | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Adegbola Adesogan and Jim Harper explain global viewpoints on food.
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COP21
Green COVID-19 Recovery and Transatlantic Leadership: What Are the Prospects? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A Democratic victory provides an opportunity for transatlantic collaboration, but structures for cooperation among stakeholders in the US need to be revived.
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AP Photos
Can City Diplomacy Help African Cities Take Action on Climate Mobility? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
African cities are experiencing growing climate-related migration that has the opportunity to unlock their economic, social, and cultural development.
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REUTERS
South Koreans See China as More Threat than Partner, But Not the Most Critical Threat Facing the Country | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Majorities of South Koreans cite low birthrates in South Korea and North Korea’s nuclear program as larger threats than China's economic or military power.
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Reuters
2007 Chicago Council Survey: World Public Opinion | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 2007 Chicago Council Survey broke new ground in international public opinion research to discover commonalities in public opinion around the world.
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Mufid Majnun
Public Favor Governments, Institutions, and Individuals Promoting Policies to Prevent COVID | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic from around the world, including the US, Japan, Brazil, the UK, Italy and France.
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Li-An Lim
As the World Celebrates Earth Day, Americans are Divided on the Threat of Climate Change | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council surveys find an American public split on the threat of climate change but open to cooperative efforts to limit its effects.
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Patrick Clement
The Chain Reaction of Climate Change and Invasive Species Spread: Impacts, Realities, and Sustainable Solutions | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The extreme climatic events that are brought on by climate change, such as floods and droughts, open new entry points for the spread of invasive species.
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David Strickler
Cooperation or Coercion? The Views of US Opinion Leaders on Foreign Policy Approaches | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 2020 Chicago Council on Global Affairs-University of Texas at Austin survey explores to what extent Democratic, Republican, and Independent foreign policy professionals support Biden’s international agenda.
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Reuters
Expert Panel Survey: US Focus on the Denuclearization of North Korea | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog explores what foreign policy experts think about the denuclearization of North Korea.
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The White House
Ahead of Biden-Suga Summit, Americans See Japan as the United States' Most Important Partner | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Craig Kafura and Karl Friedhoff analyze findings of a recent poll examining American public opinion on US relations with Japan.
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Pierre Bamin
Boosting Nutrition and Sustainability through Superfoods in Local Food Systems | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Over the last couple of decades, an increasing number of consumers in high-income countries have bought into the booming superfood market.
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Eurasian Women's Forum
Americans and Russians Agree: We're Heading Towards a New Arms Race | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Findings from a binational survey show that Americans and Russians would like to see the two countries negotiate a nuclear agreement.
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Elizabeth Sokolich
Europeans and Chicagoans are both tired of stolen bikes. A Midwestern Marine found a solution. | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Midwest biking activists are using a grassroots strategy to highlight the lack of secure bike infrastructure in the region.
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Public Opinion
As Virus Spreads Unevenly, Global Public Opinion Shows Mixed Feelings | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While some countries are beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel, others continue to struggle through the crisis as case numbers remain elevated.
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Feed the Future
Feed the Future Grows Food Security through Innovation and Collaboration | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Just over ten years ago, the world was shaken not by a pandemic but by skyrocketing food prices.
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Reuters
Do Liberal and Moderate Democrats Divide on US Foreign Policy? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This public opinion survey indicates that there are key differences between moderate and liberal democrats.
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Carlos Aranda
Don't Blame Trade: Low-Skilled Job Losses Will Not Be Solved by Protectionism | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
President Trump should tackle the problem of job dislocation broadly by building a larger retraining system in sectors where the US possesses a comparative advantage.
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Joshua Hoehne
As Rollouts Vary and Issues Arise, Global Public Opinion Shows Vaccine Anxiety | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
With high-profile suspensions of the AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson vaccine, fear of potential side effects and uneven efficacy of vaccine rollouts are causing concern for some.
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Macau Photo Agency
As Vaccinations Increase, Global Public Opinion Shows Varied Sentiments | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Outbreaks continue to emerge even as vaccinations increase; some countries feel safe to engage in more normal activities while others introduce new restrictions.
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Jermaine M. Ralliford
While Positive toward US Alliance, South Koreans Want to Counter Trump’s Demands for Support | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey of South Korean attitudes towards the United States was conducted in December 2019 in South Korea.
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Reuters
ISIS Successful in Raising US Public Fears about Terrorism | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows public concern about Islamic fundamentalism has increased 15 percent since 2014.
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REUTERS
Publics React to Mandatory Vaccination, the Olympics, and Governments' COVID Management | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Populations around the world remain divided over how comfortable they are returning to normal life as the Delta variant spreads.
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Reuters
Fragile States and Pandemics: Why Preparedness Cannot Happen in a Vacuum | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains pandemic preparedness must include more than research, vaccine development, and stockpiling supplies.
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Kian Zhan
Global Public Opinion and the Coronavirus: July 22 | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This week, the Chicago Council Survey team updates public opinion on COVID-19 from the US, Japan, Canada, France, Italy, the UK, Brazil, and Nigeria.
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Public Opinion
Cooperation and Hedging: Comparing US and South Korean Views of China | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chicago Council and Asan Institute surveys conducted in 2019 find that both South Koreans and Americans see a strengthened US-ROK alliance as an asset in dealing with China, suggesting that Washington and Seoul can afford to strengthen coordination
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Julia Maudlin
Captive Society: the Basij Militia and Social Control in Post-Revolutionary Iran | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Captive Society surveys the Basij's history, structure, and sociology, as well as its influence on Iranian society, its economy, and its educational system.
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Defika Hendri
| Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.
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Reuters
As COVID Cases Rise So Does Public Concern about the Economic Impact | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
An update from our polling experts on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic reviews survey results from countries in North America, Europe, and Asia.
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Reuters
Agricultural Innovation Can Feed the Planet, But It Needs Policy Support | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains that achieving zero hunger will require a global effort, utilizing the latest scientific advances.
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Prayas Abhinav
Rural Niger Women Find Opportunity and Hope through Innovative Business Model | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Researchers didn’t expect natural solutions to manage crop-destroying pests would inspire a cottage industry and female entrepreneurs in rural Niger.
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Matt Smart
Global Public Opinion Shows Mixed Reaction to Vaccines as Virus Surges | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Although the vaccine has brought hope to many people, a new and more transmissible strain discovered in the United Kingdom has caused unease around the world.
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Reuters
As Vaccination Campaigns Continue Around the World, Restrictions Lift and Optimism Spreads | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Some countries, now awash in vaccines, are looking abroad to help other countries combat the pandemic. For those with slower rollouts, the fight against the pandemic continues.
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Reuters
Ahead of Biden-Moon Summit, South Koreans and Americans Align on China and North Korea | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Chicago Council survey data find majorities in South Korea view China as more of a security threat than a security partner and as more of an economic threat than an economic partner.