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In late February, a group of global women leaders signed an open letter, calling for government and private sector leaders to take legal and social action to promote gender inclusion and female empowerment.

This paper provides recommendations for corporate engagement with public policy issues for societal objectives.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog explores what foreign policy experts think about the denuclearization of North Korea.

Findings from a new US-Russia binational survey reveal that publics in both countries have noticed cracks in the US-EU relationship.

Penny Abeywardena explains how the New York experience demonstrates city diplomacy’s impact.

Findings from this Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey show that Russians believe eastern areas of Ukraine should be independent states.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains that achieving zero hunger will require a global effort, utilizing the latest scientific advances.

Recent summits between Korean and American leaders may determine whether diplomacy or military confrontation will prevail in engaging North Korea.

Securing our cities is emerging as one of the most important challenges of our time.

This report explores ways cities can assess the true value of their public assets

Polls conducted find broad public agreement on trade on both sides of the US-Mexico border.

It was a strange reprieve from the ongoing battle between Trump and the Democratic Party when leaders talked amicably about working together on a $2 trillion national infrastructure plan.

This paper explores how city leaders can use economic power to narrow the gap in wealth and opportunity.

This report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs examines ways that urban waterway development might be used by cities.

By the time of this week’s Democratic presidential debate, President Trump should be ensconced in meetings with counterparts at an international summit gathering in Osaka, Japan.

According to foreign policy leader surveys concerns about a potential trade war between the US and China are widespread.

In a survey conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the American public is now less concerned about the threat posed by North Korea.

Palestinians are critical of the US and Peace to Prosperity plan.

This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership.

Recent survey data shows that most Americans generally oppose selling weapons, but are divided on their opinion of the US' relationship with Riyadh.

Women and girls make up 60 percent of the world’s chronically hungry population and are 10 percent more likely than men to experience food insecurity.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores the free-falling relations between Japan and South Korea.

Ian Klaus explores the “City and State Diplomacy Act” that seeks to mandate an official ambassador for State and municipal relations with foreign governments.

The new paradigm of "mobility as a service" promises to change how people move, with local and global ramifications.

After nearly four years at the Council, Alesha Black, the Center on Global Food and Agriculture managing director, steps down.

The Council’s Katelyn Jones examines women in science and the gender dimensions of agriculture.

This survey indicates that Americans broadly support engaging in trade with China but are split along partisan lines on how to engage in that trade.

The 2019 Chicago Council Survey finds that support for South Korea as an ally remains high and bipartisan

The Council’s 2019 Survey establishes that retreating, relinquishing leadership, and abandoning alliances is not what the American public has in mind.

The American public sees the US-German relationship as good for US national security but is divided over military forces in Germany.

Republicans see immigration as a critical threat to the country, say restricting immigration makes the US safer, and support using US troops to stop migrants from crossing into the United States. Democrats, on the other hand, do not consider

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs dives into the importance of traceability efforts across food supply chains.

A February 2019 poll found most Americans describe the United States and China as rivals (63%) rather than partners (32%).

We need a different approach, one that is more realistic about the growing threat North Korea represents.

This essay appears in the book The End of Hunger edited by Jenny Eaton Dyer and Cathleen Falsani.

This report says that Americans remain supportive of the US military presence in Japan.

With an extension on Brexit in place, we revisit the prospects of a future trade agreement between the UK and the US.  

In this Chicago Council blog Craig Kafura explores Americans’ preferred holiday greetings and their views on how businesses should greet their customers.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores tensions between these two key US allies in Asia – Japan and South Korea.

A survey shows more Americans now oppose expanding the US-Mexico border wall since last asked in 2016.

We enter the ’20s at a time when American power and influence continues to wane, China’s is increasing and people all around the world are making clear that their voices need to be heard.

Four in ten Americans (38%) see the development of China as a world power as a critical threat, in line with how Americans have felt about China’s development since 2004. In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, Craig Kafura explains

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura explains Millennials’ lack of enthusiasm for drones.

A Chicago Council survey shows that Americans see an increased need to keep watch over the Middle East by maintaining a troop presence there.

Erin Sweeney provides guest commentary on food, agriculture, and forestry in Southeast Asia.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura explains Japans Coronavirus Measures.

Women all over the world are delivering foods to their communities, improving the nutrition and health of their household members, and transforming food systems.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains why global leaders project Nigeria to be a major global economic hub.

A survey that examines the divide between foreign policy experts and the public.

The Feed the Future Food Safety Innovation Lab aims to support sustainable, high impact research that improves food safety in developing economies.