From peace and security to climate and technology, Council experts weigh in on whether the United Nations can still deliver on its founding mission.

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

Europeans may draw the line at military engagement with Russia, recent data show.

Balancing power or increasing risk? Deep Dish explores what a multilateral defense pact for Asia might mean.

December 12, 2017, RESEARCH Report by Grace Burton , Marcus Glassman , and Alesha Miller, Download Report (PDF), Ensuring smallholder farmers receive agricultural information is of critical importance for realizing global food security, and the USDA has a prominent role to play in close partnersh...

Both the United States and Germany are seeing evolving economies in their respective "rust belts," formerly robust engines of the industrial era.

European perception of the United States has plummeted as multilateral commitments wane and international tensions rise, recent surveys show.

Explore the Sahel's alarming pattern of coups as we unravel the threads behind Niger's recent crisis.

October 14, 2025 - The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Julianne Smith as Distinguished Nonresident Fellow in Defense and Security. Smith, who served as the U.S. permanent representative to NATO during the Biden administration, will join the C...