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Could a Data Sharing Protocol be Agriculture's Missing Link? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Digital Green explains how a data sharing protocol can empower farmers and build a better food system in week two of our blog series, Harvesting Tomorrow.
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Will US-China Competition Unseat US Lead in Higher Education? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Brian Hanson, Karin Fischer, and William Kirby discuss how America’s universities fare in an age of increased global competition and fragmentation.
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As Virus Rages Unevenly, Global Public Opinion Shows Divergent Attitudes | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Although cases have declined significantly in Europe, the United States, and much of East Asia, the pandemic remains a major threat in South America, India, and several other nations around the world.
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With Normalcy Returning in Some Places, Global Public Opinion Shows a Degree of Anxiety | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While coronavirus restrictions are being incrementally removed in certain countries, some people are feeling concern at returning to the activities that had characterized their pre-pandemic lives.
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Russians See Greater Reward than Risk in Closer Relations with China | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
As Russia and China grow closer through economic ties, a joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Levada Analytical Center survey finds that the Russian public sees little downside to the growing bilateral relationship.
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Americans Positive on South Korea Despite Trump's Views on Alliance | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Survey results show President Trump’s threats and bullying tactics with Seoul haven't lessened support for the alliance with South Korea.
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Some Aussies Overlook Link Between Climate Change and Drought | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Australians are more concerned about severe weather events than the climate crisis causing them. But is tackling the former alone just putting out fires?
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The Fallout of Zero-COVID in China
China's Zero-COVID policy was "meant to be living proof of a superior system of governance," writes Kris Hartley in the Diplomat.
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Queering Farming: How LGBTQIA+ Farmers are Reimagining Agriculture | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Queer farmers are challenging discriminatory legacies in agriculture, and envisioning an agricultural system that uplifts and celebrates LBGTQIA+ people.
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Publics Prioritize Disease Control Efforts Over Economic Re-opening | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic, includes polling results from around the world.
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Amid Surges and Vaccine Issues, Global Public Opinion Shows Crisis is not Over | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Following high profile pauses to the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, as well as surging cases in different parts of the world, it is clear that the gains in some countries do not signal an end to the pandemic.
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Talking the Talk – How Cities Shape Migration Narratives on the Global Agenda | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Cities use migration-focused narratives not only in an attempt to influence global discussions, but also to achieve concrete outcomes for transforming local realities.
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Runners from more than 140 countries participated in the Chicago Marathon | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon continues to generate significant economic benefits for Chicago, thanks to its unique characteristics and international reputation.
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Americans Prefer Supporting Role in Constraining Chinese and Russian Ambitions | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?
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Black Farmers' Voices: How the Past Influences Food Insecurity Today | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Discrimination, diminishing number of Black farmers leads to persistence of food insecurity in America.
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Profiles of Power: Biden, Xi Discuss "Competition Without Conflict," Climate | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While Biden and Xi met in Bali, the UN's COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh is being re-energized by the discussion between the world leaders.
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Peggy Tsai Yih Joins the Chicago Council on Global Affairs as Managing Director, Global Food and Agriculture Program | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is happy to welcome Peggy Tsai Yih as the organization’s new Managing Director of the Global Food and Agriculture Program. https://globalaffairs.org/about-us/press-room/peggy-tsai-yih-joins-chicago-council-global-affairs-managing-director-global -
Amid Global Unpopularity, China Might Find Support Among Russians | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While China might be losing friends in many countries, it still has the support of the Russian public.
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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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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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2020 Election Review: Smaller, Economically Successful Midwest Cities Shifted Toward Biden as Much as Suburbs | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Data from the 2016 and 2020 elections show it’s not just large cities, their suburbs, and university towns that have shifted toward Democrats.
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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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Cities around the world charge to drive in certain downtown areas. Could Chicago follow? | Could Chicago adopt a cordoned pricing program?
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?
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LESTER CROWN CENTER ON US FOREIGN POLICY By Dina ...
at home—in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, infrastructure, green technology, and a range. ... combating terrorism (67%), sending COVID-19 vaccines to other countries in need (62%), and limiting. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-10/ccs2021_fpmc_0.pdf -
How Cities Around the World Are Handling COVID-19
It is not just cities, but also their local and global supply chains, travel networks, airports and specific neighborhoods that are sources of contagion.
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The Other COP: Biodiversity Summit Sets New Goals, but Eludes Global Headlines | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
COP15 set new targets for protecting ecosystems, but funding, implementation, and a lack of global attention to biodiversity give pause for Chris Morris.
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Population Paradox: Are Declining Birth Rates Good or Bad for the World? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Aging populations, economic prospects, and sustainability goals - we tackle it all in this episode on population decline.
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A Water Mold Helped Kill a Million People, Then Changed Science Forever | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Mike Kelleher joins the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to explore potato disease and explain the historic breakthrough for a durable and safe solution.
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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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Don't Blame Cities for COVID-19
Director of Global Cities Research Sam Kling writes in La Cahiers on the history leading to the vilification of cities and density early in the pandemic.
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1 Republicans and Democrats in Different Worlds on Climate ...
Both partisan groups are less likely to favor protecting the environment than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on the US economy. ... For that reason, the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic may make US climate action more https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/Final%20Climate%20Brief.pdf -
Fighting Fake News in the COVID-19 Era: Policy Insights from an Equilibrium Model
Like many policy challenges, the COVID-19 crisis is exposing deep-seated political and epistemological divisions, fueled in part contestation over scientific evidence and ideological tribalism stoked in online communities.
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Post-Pandemic Travel and Tourism: How Has Travel Shaped Your Worldview? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council staff share how travel has shaped their worldview.
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Are Urbanites Willing to Ditch Cars for More Sustainable ...
March 2021 With public transit ridership down sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, cities are looking to. ... Half of metropolitan respondents (50%) unwilling to consider riding public transit named COVID-19 as a. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/Transportation%20Brief_Final.pdf -
Korea Brief - Final
And South Korea’s handling of COVID-19 has won plaudits from the international community, laying out a playbook for other countries in how to deal with outbreaks. ... While identifying reasons for this view is difficult, it may partly grow out of https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/ccs20_korea-brief.pdf -
1 As Nuclear Clock Ticks, US Public Prefers Diplomacy ...
Americans likely recalibrated their sense of threats in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic (which 67% saw as a critical threat), domestic violent extremism (57%), and increased concerns about the https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-11/Final%20Iran%20Brief.pdf -
Industrial Heartland Transformation and Democracy: Insights and Implications from ...
Industrial Heartland Transformation and Democracy: Insights and Implications from a Transatlantic Learning Exchange. “IT’S NOT ALL A SILICON VALLEY”: Report of a US Midwest Learning Exchange and study tour for EU and UK Leaders. November 6 – https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/Research/FInalStudyTourReport5-2-23.pdf -
How Chicago's immigrants can help us chart a path to COVID recovery
Working for a nonprofit that serves thousands of immigrants in Chicago each year, Sara McElmurry understands firsthand what immigrants can offer the city if offered access to opportunity.
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Encouraging Farmer Adoption of Regenerative Agriculture Practices in the ...
The public health responses to the COVID-19 pandem-ic exposed risks of disruptions at multiple points of agricultural supply chains. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-08/RegenerativeAgriculture.pdf -
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declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, invoking powers under the Stafford Act, the legislation that directs federal emergency disaster response. ... See discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic in Note 18. The pandemic is ongoing and any future https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/Support/Council-FY21-Audit-Report.pdf -
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COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, invoking powers under the Stafford Act, the legislation that directs federal emergency disaster response. ... The Council cannot predict how financial, legal and regulatory responses to concerns about COVID-19 or https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/fy19b_audited-financial-report.pdf -
Do Republicans and Democrats Want a Cold War with ...
Beijing and Washington have also traded barbs over the COVID-19 pandemic, with President Trump calling it the “Chinese virus” and Chinese officials lending credence to conspiracy theories that disease originated ... 2 Laura Silver, Kat Devlin, https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/201013_china_brief_1.pdf -
Bridging the Gap: A “Sustainable Food Seal” Needed to ...
United Nations. Accessed January 9, 2023. https://www.un.org/en/desa/world-population-projected-reach-98-bil- https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2023-05/Bridging%20the%20Gap_0.pdf -
Executive summary In the midst of a national discussion ...
isolated by geography—conditions brought into stark relief by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. • ... Rebuilding the Midwest's infrastructure: Driving equitable economic recovery in a world reshaped by COVID-19. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/CCGA%20MidwestInfrastructureBrief_FINAL.pdf -
LESTER CROWN CENTER ON US FOREIGN POLICY Divided We ...
56%. 1 The COVID-19 pandemic. 87% 1 The COVID-19. pandemic. 60%. ... Republicans Democrats Independents. 1. 2. The COVID-19 pandemic. 67%. Domestic violent extremism. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2020-12/report_2020ccs_americadivided_0.pdf -
1 Liberal and Moderate Democrats: How Different Are They ...
16. 87. 83. 76. 72. 65. 76. 62. 69. Sending COVID-19vaccines to othercountries in need. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Democratic%20Divisions%20Brief.pdf -
Bikes and Scooters on the Road to Net Zero?Yes, ...
Incentives and Subsidies. Incentives and direct subsidies for choosing e-bikes, bikes, and e-scooters have proliferated in many cities and countries since the COVID-19 pandemic. ... 3 “Transportation Impact and Implications of COVID-19,” TRIP, May https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2022-07/CCGA-Micromobility%20and%20City%20Planning_vF.pdf -
11/11 Summary Report
6. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the increasingly severe effects of climate change are bringing into sharp definition the intersectionality of economic development, public health, and socioeconomic well-being, Fiona ... Priorto working with the https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/Research/Engaging-Heartland-Residents_dec2022_web.pdf -
Russia-China Brief, FINAL 031221[62]
Since then, cooperation has expanded into a variety of domains. Russia has leaned on China economically during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://globalaffairs.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Russia-China%20Brief%2C%20FINAL.pdf -
On COVID-19, Foreign Policy Elites are Just as Polarized as the Public
New survey results suggest that President-elect Biden will have to work hard to cultivate bipartisan buy-in for efforts to rein in the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.