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Amid new challenges to global food security, the Center for Global Food and Agriculture analyzes necessary changes to the Global Food Security Act Reauthorization.

Midwest biking activists are using a grassroots strategy to highlight the lack of secure bike infrastructure in the region.

China's evolving economy and geopolitical strategy affect infrastructure and cities worldwide: witness the launch of the China-Laos Railway.

Chicago bar owners discuss hosting global sports year-round.

Council Emerging Leaders Program alumna Regina Cross on what it takes to lead across borders and create meaningful, lasting change.  

From diplomacy to military intervention, Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford unpacks the ways Washington can pursue its foreign policy interests.

Karen Weigert shares four ways we can respond to future cyberattacks.

A joint task force outlines some key principles and judgments in managing the United States' relationships with Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.