City leaders must ensure full transparency and public control of data and infrastructure when partnering with tech vendors on smart city solutions.

Once we learned that one of the most often-cited statistics about women is fabricated—scholars and practitioners alike were shocked.

On Dec. 29, South Africa brought genocide charges against Israel in the International Court of Justice. Israel said it will defend itself from the charges at hearings on Jan. 11 and 12 in The Hague.

With countries locking down and opening up and locking down again, it has become especially hard to anticipate if and how we can move—now and in the future.

Nonresident Fellow Sascha Haselmayer discusses his new book, which synthesizes the lessons he learned from his work with cities, governments, and NGOs.

Cities have been called bastions of democracy, but authoritarian leaders across the globe are articulating their own visions for the future of urban spaces.

How can the US confront human rights abuses in China, without robbing athletes of the opportunity to compete on the world stage?

In October, I visited Seoul with a delegation of Chicago Council Emerging Leaders on a Korea Foundation-funded trip led by Karl Friedhoff, the Council’s Korea specialist.

The Indiana state legislature recently passed a bill, signed into law by Gov. Mike Pence, would allow businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.

The Midwest has faced a decline in manufacturing for decades, but if states in the region work together, it can remain a vital part of the regional economy.