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Land Grant Model Inspires Modern Day Approach During COVID-19 and Anticipated Global Food Crisis | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Feed the Future’s Janet Fierro examines how COVID-19 and the global food crisis affect the land grant model.
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Japanese Public Backs Additional Measures to Fight Coronavirus Outbreak | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura explains Japans Coronavirus Measures.
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Innovating in a Crisis: How the World Food Programme is Adapting to COVID-19 and Why You Should Care | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
With global and local markets disrupted by COVID-19, the World Food Programme has had to re-evaluate how it can best deliver assistance where it is needed most.
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The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.
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Over half of Americans are in favor of permanently changing laws to allow everyone to vote by mail, but there are partisan divides between Republicans and Democrats.Over half of Americans are in favor of permanently changing laws to allow everyone
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Year in Review: 2022 in Public Opinion | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Reflect on the year with highlights from the Council's public opinion research and analysis.
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Wrap-Up of Global Public Opinion on Issues that Defined 2020 | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.
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Working Together to Tackle Food Insecurity in Tanzania and Ghana | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Through selective breeding of African indigenous chickens to improve small scale poultry production, we can tackle food insecurity in Tanzania and Ghana.
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Women's Work, African Swine Fever Ripples, & Urban Growing | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.
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With Normalcy Returning in Some Places, Global Public Opinion Shows a Degree of Anxiety | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While coronavirus restrictions are being incrementally removed in certain countries, some people are feeling concern at returning to the activities that had characterized their pre-pandemic lives.
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Wild Pigs, Lab Foie Gras, and Drought Reroute | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.
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While US Plays Blame Game in Coronavirus Crisis, China Shows Leadership
Ignoring its responsibility for starting the pandemic, Beijing has trumpeted its response as a model for others to follow.
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When is a Crisis a “Crisis” and Why Does It Matter? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
One of the defining features of 2020 has been the declaration of seemly one crisis after another, but why are some events declared crisis and why are others not?
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When Intermediary Links in the Supply Chain are Weakened, the Whole Food System Suffers | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Businesses in the center of the value chain are crucial to the food system, and these intermediary links are under threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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When Fighting Pathogens 'Pay a Little Now or a Lot Later' | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains how we must fun research about microbes to protect our health and the crops we need to survive.
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What We Can Learn From COVID-19 about Pandemics and Resilient Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Gain insight into the spread and impact of pandemics, why they are becoming more common, and how cities can help minimize threats now and into the future.
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What Should Cities Do with Their COVID-Era Pilot Programs? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Global Cities intern Paula Pelletier examines what cities should do with programs formed in response to COVID-19.
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What is the Future for Skyscrapers After COVID-19? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In the most globally connected financial capitals, skyscrapers will continue to serve as a key component of the built environment.
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What Do the Chinese Think about Their Government's Response to COVID-19? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Survey data from several surveys in China show that the Chinese people are largely satisfied with their country's response to the pandemic.
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We're Unprepared to Handle a Congressional COVID Crisis
While the 25th Amendment to the Constitution deals with the transfer of power in the event of the president’s incapacitation, no such mechanism exists for members of Congress.
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We Need Vaccines to Protect Our Food Crops, Too | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In the battle between pathogen and host—whether a human or food crop—it’s often a deadly race to see who wins.
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Vulnerable, Vilified, and Essential: Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum-Seekers during COVID-19 | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we dig deeper into how the pandemic has affected immigrants to the US.
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Viral Inequality
Far from merely reflecting an unequal distribution of economic means, rising inequality comes with a range of toxic side effects, many of which the COVID-19 pandemic has thrown into sharp relief.
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Vaccinations Bring Hope; Brazil Death Toll Mounts; One Month to Tokyo | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In some countries the year of the pandemic is coming to a close, with successful vaccination campaigns providing an exit from pandemic restrictions. But that’s not the case everywhere.
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US Opinion Leaders Support Aid to Taiwan | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
But most oppose sending US troops to the island should China invade.
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US Experts Anticipate Future Decline for Russia Among the Great Powers | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm find that while experts anticipate changes in the global balance of power in the next 20 years, with China overtaking the United States, they do not expect Russia to come out stronger.
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US Concern about COVID-19 Decreasing, but Partisan Divides Persist | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Americans are less worried about COVID-19 than they have been at any point since the initial shutdown in early 2020, Council polling finds.
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US Commitments in Nutrition and Health for a Better Future | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The United States has made big pledges for global nutrition. Our white paper offers recommendations to turn commitments into action.
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US Africa Leaders Summit Preview
President Joe Biden will host the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, in December 2022. Africa’s shift toward China, Russia will be the meeting subtext.
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Urban Governance: Cities in a Time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the quality of governance and competence of the world’s leaders. When politicians and civil servants fail to deliver, they quickly lose credibility and legitimacy.
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Understanding the US Global Food Security Framework | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
With food security front and center amid COVID-19, climate change, and increased conflict, understanding how the US engages on this issue globally is critical.
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Truss' Number Is Up: Brexit And The Delusion Of Dogma | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Mayhem in Westminster has roots in Brexit and a political culture that favors dogma over evidence, argues columnist Chris Morris.
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Toward City Diplomacy: Assessing Capacity in Select Global Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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
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The US-Japan Alliance in the Age of Crisis | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Survey results reveal how Japanese perceptions of security in East Asia have changed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The Urban Century of China and India | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Xuefei Ren argues that cities in China and India are more aptly compared in territorial vs. associational governance than by regime type.
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The Two Cities: Inequality in Global Cities | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores if economic inequality is the inevitable consequence of becoming a globally powerful city.
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The Right to the Shoreline: Race, Exclusion, and Public Beaches in Metropolitan Chicago | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
By combatting erosion and flooding along Lake Michigan’s shore, local governments have an opportunity to make their beaches more equitable.
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The Quad's Next Chapter | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Advancing the group's pillars of prosperity and development will be at the very heart of competition with China in the coming decade.
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The Potential of Regenerative Agriculture | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Investing in regenerative agriculture opens a world of possibilities for the agricultural sector.
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The Post-Pandemic Urban Future Is Already Here
The coronavirus crisis stands to dramatically reshape cities around the world. But the biggest revolutions in urban space may have begun before the pandemic.
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The Plague You've Never Heard About Could be as Destructive as COVID-19 | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Millions of people in East Africa, the Horn, and up through the Middle East are facing the prospect of extreme hunger as a plague of locusts spreads in the region.
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The Pitfalls of University-led Growth: The Case of Macomb, Ill. | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Universities can serve as economic engines for rural cities, but collaboration between academia, government, and the private sector is key to sustainable growth.
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The Pig Pandemic, Reforestation, & Fraudulent Seeds | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.
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The People's Summit, Land Rights, and Taxi Gardens | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Check out the week's top stories in food, agriculture, and global development.
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The Pandemic-Driven Shift in the US Real Estate Market | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The rise of remote work has had a dramatic impact on cities like Chicago, which must play to their strengths in order to compete in this new landscape.
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The Pandemic is Not "Over" for Everyone | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
President Joe Biden declared an end to the public health crisis, but many racial minority and lower-income groups around the world haven't moved on.
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The Pandemic Has Triggered Dramatic Shifts in the Global Criminal Underworld
Drug cartels are facing broken supply chains, shrinking revenues, and shifting markets. Rising violence is just one effect.
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The Other COP: Biodiversity Summit Sets New Goals, but Eludes Global Headlines | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
COP15 set new targets for protecting ecosystems, but funding, implementation, and a lack of global attention to biodiversity give pause for Chris Morris.
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The Next Pandemic Could Attack Our Crops | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Diana Horvatch explains how infectious diseases could reduce global crop yields and cost billions of dollars.
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The Most Resilient People on Earth? Farmers. | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Recent years have tested the resiliency of farmers with trade wars, catastrophic floods, and now the COVID-19 pandemic, but farmers are still farming.