Gun violence is something young Chicagoans unfortunately know too well—almost half of all murder victims in Chicago last year were between the ages of 10 and 25. Violence also prevents children from receiving a quality education; Save the Children estimate ...
Summary by Richard C. Longworth Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary general of NATO, told The Chicago Council Monday that the United States must resist any "tendency to retrenchment" from world leadership. If Washington pulls back, he said, oth ...
Steve Jobs, Henry Kissinger, Albert Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin. Walter Isaacson knows them well. Through intensive research, analysis, and interviews, Isaacson has crafted biographies on each that illustrate how these historic figures lived their live ...
In the aftermath of the global economic and financial crises—from Wall Street to Main Street and from Washington to Berlin—moving forward is still a struggle. What role should markets, human capital, and governments play in obtaining a full recovery? Join ...
The 2011 Progress Report on US Leadership in Global Agricultural Development documents the degree to which the Administration and Congress have made progress in achieving the changes in US government policy that were recommended in The Chicago Council’s 20 ...
The 2012 drought in the US has caused tens of billions of dollars of economic losses and repercussions that reach all corners of the globe through market interactions. During the summer of 2012, there were numerous calls to suspend biofuels mandates. What’ ...
As the US Senate debates the 2012 Farm Bill, The Chicago Council has issued a white paper, "US Agriculture and Nutrition Policy Statement: Transforming American Food and Agriculture Policy", urging the 112th US Congress to modernize the current U ...
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs released a white paper calling on the US government to make global agricultural development and food security a priority agenda item at the G8 Summit, May 18-19. The white paper, developed by a bipartisan working group ...
The 2012 Progress Report on US Leadership in Global Agricultural Development, released on April 26, 2012, says the US government has made major strides toward putting agricultural development back at the top of its foreign assistance agenda, reversing a do ...
With the convening of the 112th Congress, many observers are contemplating the implications for particular issues and agendas. How the new Congress handles issues relating to global food security will depend on a number of factors, some not directly relate ...
