As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.

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

The war in Ukraine has shifted public opinion toward energy independence, renewable power, and nuclear energy.

In Israel and the Palestinian territories – and other parts of the world suffering from conflict – the holy month has often correlated with heightened tensions and violence.

June 7, 2017, RESEARCH Report, Conner Freeman, Download Report (PDF), The vision for Chicago’s global strategy begins with an inventory of the city’s assets, needs, and opportunities., Global cities are hubs of the urbanizing world and increasingly influential players on the world stage. Thei...

Council expert Roger Thurow explains how most African countries don’t have the resources to provide aid to their own citizens.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

Like global cities before them, many ambitious secondary cities are escaping their isolated orbits and redefining the hierarchy of the global urban cosmos.

This blog post from our "Field Notes" series explains smallholder farmers in the drylands, and why they are among the most affected in a warming world.

Steven Erlanger, Bobby Ghosh, and Carla Anne Robbins join Council CEO Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.