Expert commentary and analysis on global agriculture and food. Blog Page Image Thumbnail:  Blog Page Image Large:  Blog Tabbed Content:  Tab Label:  AboutTextual Content:  The Global Food and Agriculture Program aims to inform the development of US policy ...


Analysis on issues that transcend borders and transform how people, business, and governments engage the world. Blog Author Description:  Examining global issues and offer policy insights. Blog Type Twitter Feed:  @ChicagoCouncilBlog Page Image Thumbnail: ...


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Africa has become the world’s fastest-growing continent, and it has major potential for continuing on this path.  However, serious challenges, from a lack of industrialization to political violence continue to present barriers. Page Header:  Deep Dish: Th ...


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In the age of Twitter and Facebook, social media has empowered ordinary citizens to challenge governments, spreading ideas that led to regime change in Tunisia and Egypt, for example. In some countries social media has had the effect of increasing the acc ...


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  What makes a mind inventive? And why do some inventive minds—like the Steve Jobs and Bill Gates of the world—succeed so magnificently where others fail? We have all heard the popular success story about the genius in a garage who through hard work and a ...


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Anonymous's blog This was originally posted on MomsRising Blog. By Lucy Sullivan, Executive Director, 1,000 Days Every mother has a story about the beginnings of her child’s life.  Many of them are joyful, some are heartbreaking, but all of them are ...


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Would the priorities of the US at home and abroad change if more women were elected to Congress? Women have long been an under-represented voice in politics—though the tide is slowly turning. The US Senate currently has 20 elected women, the most in histor ...


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As a small open economy, Ireland was particularly impacted by the financial crisis which started in 2008. Following a period of economic adjustment, the country is on its way to recovery, with employment growing and export levels now higher than before the ...