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Samuel Kling, Florita Gunasekara, and Steven Bosacker examine the role of cities in generating and strengthening democratic practices as authoritarianism rises across much of the world.

President Jair Bolsonaro might be leaving office, but the country’s political trust issues are far from resolved.

Can an administration that up to this point has been belligerent towards traditional US democratic allies and has rejected many forms of multilateralism be able to turn the page and shift from "America First" to "American Led"?

The 2005 Chicago Council Survey explored public opinion on democracy promotion post-September 11 world as one of the core principles of US foreign policy

The fallout from the removal of President Pedro Castillo has revealed a young democracy in dire straits.

John Austin shares insights from a transatlantic convening that explores the political repercussions of economic inequality and extremist ideology.

Leaders from the US and Europe have much to learn from one another in building strategies to foster economic renewal in formerly industrial regions.

A plot to overthrow the German government highlights the risks—and reach—of unchecked conspiracy in an age of mistrust, writes Chris Morris.

The world's democracies need a way to fight back against coercive economic actions by authoritarian governments, argue Ivo Daalder and Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Advancing the group's pillars of prosperity and development will be at the very heart of competition with China in the coming decade.

"The Biden administration’s approach to foreign policy is realpolitik from top to bottom," Paul Poast writes.

A key purpose of the meeting is to create a countercoalition against Russia and China, Paul Poast argues.

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

More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries.

This brief analyzes the the 2017 ASEAN summit where officials from the United States, Japan, India, and Australia met to discuss a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script.

As the youngest continent in the world, Africans want upper age limits for elected officials while still respecting elders.

New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.

In new Council polling, Americans say China’s treatment of minority groups isn’t just a question of internal politics.

The digital revolution is rapidly transforming cities, and a new vision and set of protocols is needed for them to leverage the promises of connectivity.