Around the world, cities continue to protect the basic human rights of vulnerable populations in the face of fierce opposition from national governments.

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

Businesses in the center of the value chain are crucial to the food system, and these intermediary links are under threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers didn’t expect natural solutions to manage crop-destroying pests would inspire a cottage industry and female entrepreneurs in rural Niger.

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

Ride along with University of Chicago professor Paul Poast as he walks us through the Chicago sites that shaped global affairs.

We share our top picks for books to read in the weeks ahead that delve into what sort of world might emerge when the pandemic has passed.

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

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.