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Chicago recently launched a citywide composting initiative to divert food waste from landfills and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions — something other global cities have been tackling for years.

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.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates the US and Japan have mutually positive views of each other’s leadership efforts.

How did Paris, Chicago, and Beijing's rivers get so dirty, and what do their cleanup efforts have in common?

China will need to promote domestic consumption to reach its potential GDP growth in 2023, argues Yang Yao.

Western outreach to the Global South should not reject China, but rather focus on the rules of the liberal, capitalist system that the US and China thrive in.

Council staff share how travel has shaped their worldview.

Paul Heer weighs in on the Sino-US rivalry and the prospects of war over Taiwan.