Miguel Ángel Sanz, By investing in infrastructure, the United States can prepare communities to participate in a changing economy, increase access to opportunity, and address challenges highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic., Updating the country’s infrastructure is a powerful way to tackle som...

Networks like C40 or the Healthy Cities Network show cities have a great potential to mobilize forces across boundaries and shape international agendas.

Graphics, visualizations and multimedia content on key global issues like US Foreign Policy, Global Food and Agriculture, and Global Cities.

Bruce W. Jentleson analyzes the promise of the latest deal, the roles played by global leaders, and the importance of the human element in fostering peace.

October 12, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), For the first time, a majority of Republicans think the United States should stay out of world affairs., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted September 7–18, 2023, finds evi...

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

March 29, 2022, RESEARCH Working Paper by John Austin and Colleen Dougherty, Karen Green, Download Report (PDF), Local strategies can revive economies, nurture hope, and diminish the appeal of antidemocratic populism in struggling industrial regions., In both North America and Europe, historic in...

January 15, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF), Majorities also oppose using US troops to overthrow governments in Cuba or Colombia, occupy Venezuela, and gain access to the natural resources of other countries., Following t...

As the humanitarian toll in Gaza continues to climb and fears of a wider war grow, Americans are wary of direct military involvement in the conflict.

Could Big Tech's failure to moderate social media be fueling violence and extremism in Kenya and beyond?