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Given the rising global threats, turning inward is a politically expedient platform. But overcoming global challenges requires trust and cooperation.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Kristin Ljungkvist explains Global Cities and US-Iran Relations.

With so much activity around cities in today's world, there is a lot to track. Here are ten trends in 2020 to watch where cities will be particularly influential on the global stage.

Global cities are products of a liberal world order that is under threat from the rise of populist nationalism, protectionism, and growing authoritarianism.

Lima 2035 shares their ambitious plan to change urban food systems to transform the world’s driest megacity.

In promoting economic renewal in industrial heartland regions, leaders must avoid language that condemns these regions and their citizens to passivity.

Consensus on how long to provide economic and military aid to Ukraine appears to be weakening as the war enters its tenth month.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Samuel Kling explains Seoul, South Korea’s, extreme differences in transportation.

Cities must step up when nation-states ignore the devastating impacts and economic costs of climate change, sea level rise, and environmental degradation.

A military strengthened by American training, weapons, and intelligence helped create the very problem US assistance was meant to prevent.