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  1. Toward City Diplomacy: Assessing Capacity in Select Global Cities Policy Brief

    Toward City Diplomacy: Assessing Capacity in Select Global Cities

    Policy Brief
    by Ian Klaus, Hugo Decramer, Michele Acuto, Juliana Kerr, Sam Tabory, Noah J. Toly

    July 7, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ian Klaus , Hugo Decramer , Michele Acuto , Juliana Kerr , Sam Tabory , and Noah J. Toly, Download Report (PDF), Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are a...

  2. Techno Rice, Trouble in Tunisia, and a Chance for Chicken

    December 16, 2022 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

  3. Cosco Shipping container ship passes the Golden Gate Bridge
    Eric Risberg / AP

    Americans of all Races Support International Trade

    Blog Post
    by Carson Viggiano, Lama El Baz

    Majorities across racial and ethnic groups say international trade benefits consumers, job creation, and the domestic economy.

  4. Bridging Gaps to Achieve Good Food for All

    Blog Post
    by Paul Newnham

    Paul Newnham identifies key gaps in efforts to end hunger, and offers solutions to break down silos and build up food systems.

  5. Pulling the Plug, Hydropower Future, and In Hot Water

    April 21, 2023 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

  6. A young child feeds two goats
    Heifer International

    One Child, One Classroom – The Lifelong Cost of Malnutrition

    Blog Post
    by Roger Thurow

    Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia each lose about 11 percent of GDP annually. In our global economy, a stunted child anywhere becomes a stunted child everywhere.

  7. Putin and Xi Jin Ping shake hands
    REUTERS

    Amid Global Unpopularity, China Might Find Support Among Russians

    Blog Post
    by Peter Wang

    While China might be losing friends in many countries, it still has the support of the Russian public.

  8. Conference center at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

    How the Council is Responding to the Shutdown

    Blog Post
    by Iain Whitaker

    On March 12, the offices and conference center at the Council closed, and all in-person events were cancelled, for an indefinite period.

  9. A railyard in Galesburg, Ill., shows various trains lined up awaiting track space, with a yellow-fronted BNSF engine in the front.
    Shafkat Anowar/AP

    Five Features That Define Chicago's Role in Global Trade

    Blog Post
    by AJ Caughey

    Illinois and its largest city play crucial parts in the worldwide trade landscape. To understand what those parts entail, we spoke to World Business Chicago.

  10. Shyamkali sits cross legged and holds her young daughter.
    Anne Thurow

    Beating the Odds: The Mothers and Children of the 1,000 Days Movement

    Blog Post
    by Roger Thurow

    Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.