Molly Meyer's blog When Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivered her first budget address last month, she spoke of her commitment to equity and prosperity “for every community and every resident.” She emphasized that the “budget is more than just a math proble ...
Claire Schmig's blog In 2019, the Council organized 115 programs ranging from US-China competition over AI to Burma’s democratic doubts to the 40th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis to another successful Global Food Security Symposium and Pri ...
Molly Meyer's blog dd_international-norms_465x325.jpg hp-dd-maurer_600w.jpg As we’ve seen in places like Syria and Iraq, today’s armed conflict is civilian-focused, driven by non-state actors, and increasingly urban. Do traditional international norm ...
Molly Meyer's blog Elisabeth Braw, director of the Royal United Services Institute’s Modern Deterrence Project, takes a minute to examine which countries are best at cybersecurity and whether a cyberattack is an act of war. Wait Just a Minute: Elisab ...
Molly Meyer's blog If the collective voice of cities has arrived and even matured on the global stage, it has done so as a result of a cocktail of political mobilization, policy exchange, and policy action. That cities can offer solutions to global c ...
Molly Meyer's blog On January 3, the United States carried out a drone attack near the Baghdad International Airport that killed one of Iran’s most influential security and intelligence commanders and longtime leader of its Revolutionary Guards’ Quds ...
John Cookson's blog mh_city-lights_870x480.jpg First developed by the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an ambitious effort for countries to address the world’s biggest problems. Yet much of the remarkable work happening no ...
rosa_head_shot.jpg John Cookson's blog This week, soldiers with automatic weapons occupied El Salvador’s legislature, demanding more funds to fight rampant criminal gangs. For years, violence and crime have led to poor living conditions in the countr ...
Molly Meyer's blog bh_us-navy-role.jpg bh_us-navy-role.jpg Located in Lake County, Illinois just 40 miles from the heart of Chicago is Naval Station Great Lakes, home to the United States Navy’s only boot camp. But despite seeing the young recruits c ...
Molly Meyer's blog As COVID-19 spreads around the world, non-resident senior fellow on global cities Robert Muggah shares his insights into the spread and impact of pandemics, why they are becoming more common, and how cities can help minimize threat ...
