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.

Better water management is crucial to global food and nutrition security.

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.

The Pattis Family Foundation Global Cities Book Award finalist discusses how infrastructure like transit impacts the daily lives of city residents.

Hostage taking is as old as time, but today the world faces new tactics and unprecedented challenges; what can be done?

A group of dedicated leaders who drive engagement with the Council’s global leadership initiatives.

June 26, 2020, RESEARCH Working Paper by Nicole Mattea, UN Women/Allison Joyce, Download Report (PDF), This working paper further explains the recent emergence of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) into international discourse and preventative strategies., In April of 2019, the United Nation...

Trump can disrupt wars and force pauses but has yet to close one. The gap is creating space for middle powers—and an opening for China.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides updates on public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic from the US, Canada, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, and Australia.