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Ian Klaus writes about the role global cities play around the world and the urgent need to adapt governance practices.

With the holiday celebrations behind us, here is a quick recap of some of the stats that defined the past twelve months of programming at the Council.

While President Trump has promised a vaccine before November, many are skeptical that a vaccine can safely be developed in such a short span of time.

Both foreign policy leaders and the American public back “friendshoring."

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Diana Horvatch explains how infectious diseases could reduce global crop yields and cost billions of dollars.

While the Biden administration seems to understand where Americans stand on China and domestic renewal to support global competitiveness, the data disproves their assumptions that Americans are skeptical about trade and weary of US global engagement

An update includes polling results from the United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, and Jordan.

With vaccination efforts under way, some hope that the end of the pandemic is in sight, while others feel uneasy due to distribution issues and immense pressures on the health care system.

Survey results reveal how Japanese perceptions of security in East Asia have changed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Investing in regenerative agriculture opens a world of possibilities for the agricultural sector.

The Port of Darwin shows the potential of China's Belt and Road Initiative as social infrastructure, but also the challenges in materializing its benefits.

Recent years have tested the resiliency of farmers with trade wars, catastrophic floods, and now the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers are still farming.

Council expert Ian Klaus examines how history will remember the almost simultaneous global mobilization of policy and resources, as well as local urban adaptations and interventions.

A majority support using US troops to defend Seoul should North Korea invade, Council polling shows.

Check out our weekly round up of the top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we discuss if the European Union can stay politically relevant after COVID-19 and Brexit.

The Biden Administration has the opportunity to build on a strong foundation of food and nutrition security programs to alleviate hunger and malnutrition.

A recent study suggests that the food insecure population will quadruple in Washington state as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

Over half of Americans are in favor of permanently changing laws to allow everyone to vote by mail, but there are partisan divides between Republicans and Democrats.Over half of Americans are in favor of permanently changing laws to allow everyone

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