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Today, most Americans don’t want a world with nuclear weapons. According to the 2020 Chicago Council Survey two-thirds of Americans (66%) believe that no country should be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

While our world is more connected than ever, it's also more competitive and prone to conflict. Guest Mark Leonard explains why stronger links launched the "age of unpeace."

Pandemic-era shortages seem to have strengthened the public's appetite for greater economic self-sufficiency.

Safeguarding methods of democratic influence is a core strategic mandate for city governments to legitimize technology.

Efforts to secure a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war before Ramadan failed as Gaza's humanitarian crisis worsens.

The Unites States must address hunger as an essential element of military and foreign policy, former World Food Programme head Ertharin Cousin explains to host Brian Hanson.

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

Although COVID-19 brought many aspects of our world to a standstill over the last year, violent conflict was not one of them. What can we do to end the cycle?

Of the eight policies included in a Council-Ipsos survey, not one is supported by a majority of both parties.