The COVID-19 pandemic shows that we have failed to prepare for what is coming next, and we must learn to mitigate risks by quickly and adequately funding research to protect our health and the crops we need to survive.

As the new administration deemphasizes global engagement, sister cities such as Chicago and Mexico City show walls can't destroy the bridges cities have built.

September 22, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Dina Smeltz, The White House, Download Report (PDF), Recent survey data shows the US public's overall feeling is that the US should cooperate with China rather than actively work to limit its advances., The US-China summit i...

Jordan is seen as a stable country in the Middle East. There are concerns the Israel-Hamas war could change that.

The Council offers undergraduate juniors and seniors, and graduate students the opportunity to learn about our organization and participate in a variety of duties associated with ongoing projects through our internship program.

How would you explain Chicago’s business culture to folks who have never been to the U.S.? Here’s how one expert does it.

New gene editing techniques more precise than CRISPRs could be the seeds for food security success.

Guest authors Chris Kennedy and Bob Easter examine how a collaborative effort to bring a disease-resistant potato variety to market in Africa can promote global food security.

March 24, 2014, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Estado de México, Download Report (PDF), Survey results show that American and Mexican governments have some challenges in order to shift public attention to North American trade and energy cooperation., Introduction...

The US has used its UN veto power to stop an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire resolution and other measures. Here's how it got veto power and how America has used it.