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    Global Politics

    Behind the Global Race for AI Dominance

    Podcast
    by Nikita Lalwani, Leslie Vinjamuri

    Nikita Lalwani joins Deep Dish to unpack how US industrial policy, national security, and China's tech ambitions are shaping the AI chips competition.

  2. A Chicago park beach with the skyline in the background.
    MAKSYMOWICZ VIA ISTOCK

    Global Voices, Local Action

    Column
    by Rachel Abrams

    Global Cities Officer Rachel Abrams reflects on connecting city leaders from oceans away.

  3. The Looming Global Obesity Threat Policy Brief

    The Looming Global Obesity Threat

    Policy Brief
    by Roger Thurow

    October 16, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Roger Thurow, Download Report (PDF), This paper seeks to raise awareness of the growing global obesity epidemic and the need to address the economic, security, and humanitarian threats it poses., Introduction, While the development community has been foc...

  4. Women in Niger water a vegetable garden.

    From Chicago to Uganda, Clean Water is Key to Good Nutrition

    Column
    by Roger Thurow

    Unclean water, poor sanitation, and lousy hygiene—and resulting diseases—combine with poor nutrition as the leading causes of young child mortality and stunting. 

  5. People walk around outside in 2020
    Kevin Hendersen

    Wrap-Up of Global Public Opinion on Issues that Defined 2020

    Column
    by Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, Alexander Hitch

    Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.

  6. About the Center on Global Food and Agriculture

    The Chicago Council on Global Affairs works to identify opportunities for US leadership in advancing global food security and nutrition, and alleviating poverty through agricultural development.

  7. Global Politics

    Globalization's Double-Edged Sword

    Podcast
    by Mark Leonard, Brian Hanson

    While our world is more connected than ever, it's also more competitive and prone to conflict. Guest Mark Leonard explains why stronger links launched the "age of unpeace."

  8. A farmer holds a sorghum plant destroyed after a swarm of locusts invaded his farm in Ethiopia
    Reuters

    The Plague You've Never Heard About Could be as Destructive as COVID-19

    Column
    by Colin Christensen, Eva Koehler

    Tens of millions of people in East Africa, the Horn, and up through the Middle East are facing the prospect of extreme hunger as a plague of locusts spreads in the region.

  9. ProSoya Demonstration Centre in Canada
    ProSoya

    COVID-19 Is Putting Africa's Food Processors at Risk

    Column
    by Brent Wibberley

    Across Africa, food processors serve a vital function in protecting food security and livelihoods. But the COVID-19 pandemic is creating new challenges that threaten the very survival of these companies.

  10. View of fields in Ethiopia
    Rod Waddington

    Our New Gordian Knot

    Column
    by Roger Thurow

    Roger Thurow examines the question of how to conquer global hunger and malnutrition while also saving the planet from the strain on our environment, biodiversity, and health.