Many of the challenges the world faced in 2020 will continue to shape our world next year.

Cities must step up when nation-states ignore the devastating impacts and economic costs of climate change, sea level rise, and environmental degradation.

As COVID-19 spreads around the world, Council expert Robert Muggah shares his viewpoints on pandemics, why they are becoming more common, and how cities can help minimize current and future threats.

Midwestern governors have stopped accepting Syrian refugees in the wake of the Paris and Beirut terrorist attacks, though data shows they pose little risk.

Nearly a decade ago, SAWBO was launched by and remains co-directed by Drs. Julia Bello-Bravo and Barry Pittendrigh, both currently faculty members at Michigan State University (MSU).

Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks lays out how the United States is trying to stay ahead as new technologies and global threats reshape modern warfare.

If CRISPR crops can avoid being regulated like GMOs, they can create significant opportunities for low- and middle-income countries, and help combat hunger and poverty.

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.

Populations around the world remain divided over how comfortable they are returning to normal life as the Delta variant spreads.