The ice is melting, and the stakes are rising as the world’s global powers are racing to assert their claim. Is a new Cold War unfolding in the Arctic?

October 13, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Xiangming Chen, Reuters, Even as the war in Ukraine creates risks, the extensive city-based CEFT network remains resilient from its continued expansion, improved infrastructure, and operational adaptability., China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will offic...

Due to unresolved civic tensions, Chicago's Clark Street faces a potential shutdown despite expansions of outdoor dining programs in other global cities.

Find out how this Eastern European poster child for democracy backslid into autocracy, and what lessons it holds for the rest of the West.

This report summarizes the Transforming Industrial Regions of North America and Europe symposium, including strategies to rebuild economies and stem anti-democratic populism., Introduction, This report collects insights and findings from the virtual Transforming Industrial Regions of North Americ...

As it enters its 250th year, the United States faces an international political system it can neither dominate nor disregard. American leaders will have to do something they have long resisted: learn how to actually play the game.

Chicagoans may love to compare the city to New York, but Chicago occupies a second tier of global cities that are centers of learning, culture, and business.