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The 2017 Chicago Council Survey finds that a majority of Americans support increases in federal healthcare spending, while few support cuts.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, James Harding, and Ryan Heath join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Yasmeen Abutaleb, Prashant Rao, and Peter Spiegel join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

James Harding, Matt Kaminski, and Anna Sauerbrey join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

New polling reveals that little has changed in terms of South Korean attitudes towards the US-South Korea military alliance.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Ryan Heath, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

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.

This report summarizes the Transforming Industrial Regions of North America and Europe symposium, including strategies to rebuild economies and stem anti-democratic populism.

John Austin shares insights from a transatlantic convening that explores the political repercussions of economic inequality and extremist ideology.

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 actively forging links across borders, taking part in setting the international agenda, and shifting the

Hostage taking is as old as time, but today the world faces new tactics and unprecedented challenges; what can be done?

Public opinion data finds robust support for a domestic nuclear weapons program in South Korea.

Experts Duncan Wood, Laura Dawson, and Phil Levy join Deep Dish to discuss what's in the new NAFTA agreement and its significance on the global economy.

Survey results reveal how Japanese perceptions of security in East Asia have changed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Xuefei Ren argues that cities in China and India are more aptly compared in territorial vs. associational governance than by regime type.

Ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September and the pre-summit on July 26th, check out a breakdown of everything you need to know.

American religious groups have spent millions exporting homophobia to the East African nation.

Karen DeYoung, Steve Erlanger, and Nirmal Ghosh join guest host Carla Anne Robbins to discuss the week's top news stories.

Agriculture has great potential for carbon offsets, but implementation will be complicated.

By combatting erosion and flooding along Lake Michigan’s shore, local governments have an opportunity to make their beaches more equitable.

Advancing the group's pillars of prosperity and development will be at the very heart of competition with China in the coming decade.

Investing in regenerative agriculture opens a world of possibilities for the agricultural sector.

Universities can serve as economic engines for rural cities, but collaboration between academia, government, and the private sector is key to sustainable growth.

Check out the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development.

A paper from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs that honors the work of Michael H. Moskow in the Global Economy.

Discover the power of cinema as we unpack the 'Oppenheimer' movie's ability to resurface long-forgotten fears and inspire dialogue around nuclear consciousness.

Collaboration across generations, communities, and political parties is pivotal to agricultural development and youth engagement.

Integrating migrant children and their parents into local schools also integrates them into the local economy.

While the water footprint of livestock is substantive, the cost of that footprint is far from straightforward.

Food insecurity plays a critical and complex role in Myanmar's current political turmoil, and has played a similar role in uprisings of the past.

Susan Glasser, Gideon Rachman, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

As the historical gathering point of people from different origins, cities are a key nexus of immigration policy implementation and innovative experimentation.

Men often fall outside of gendered stereotypes of food assistance programs, failing to reflect nuanced experiences of hunger in the United States.