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This report examines how immigrants have helped offset native-born population loss and revitalized an aging workforce in 40-plus Midwestern metro areas between 2000 and 2015.

This report calls on the United States to use the power of the agriculture and food sector to reduce the reality and risks of malnutrition globally.

The report examines two important locales experienced by refugees: permanent camp settings, such as in Za’atari, Jordan, and transitory arrival centers, such as in Lampedusa, Italy.

Feeding cities presents a major opportunity to improve the plight of millions of small-scale farmers and rural residents trapped in subsistence agriculture and joblessness.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report recommends Chicago’s leaders focus on priorities of infrastructure, human capital, and global engagement.

The project was designed to help illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing the Chicago region as it adapts to a new global order.

This report includes recommendations for how girls in rural communities can be better supported through improved personal and professional development, health, and safety.

The report highlights Chicago’s strengths, analyzes global city strategies, and offers recommendations the region can take to increase foreign investment.

This report outlines two recommendations for how cities can address climate change overall and ultimately succeed in a lower-carbon world.

Regenerative agriculture can help our food and agricultural systems become more resilient.

Samuel Kling, Florita Gunasekara, and Steven Bosacker examine the role of cities in generating and strengthening democratic practices as authoritarianism rises across much of the world.

The impact of global challenges such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic manifests most acutely in urban settings, rendering cities essential players on the global stage. 

As China rises in power, Americans support US bases in Japan and want to build strong relations with US allies in Asia.

The vision for Chicago’s global strategy begins with an inventory of the city’s assets, needs, and opportunities.

Cities are leading the battle against climate change. The Chicago Climate Charter commits to seven crucial strategies for climate-related policies.

A "sustainable food seal" empowers consumers and farmers to support a more sustainable food supply chain.

Emerging AgTech innovations have the potential to radically improve the sustainability, profitability, and accessibility of US-produced food.

Chicago Council Surveys conducted over the last several years (2014-2017) show remarkable stability of American opinion towards the Iran nuclear deal, both before and after the agreement was officially signed.

American, Japanese, and South Korean publics see China as a more of a threat than a partner. Trilateral cooperation will be key to managing China's rise.

This report urges the US government to take action to curb the risks climate change poses to global food security.

A Chicago Council on Global Affairs report which shows bipartisan support among Midwestern business leaders to pass immigration reform.

Both Millennials and Gen Z are more hesitant than their elders to endorse military approaches to foreign policy.

A majority of the US public continues to back current military and financial aid to Kyiv, recent polls find.

Changes in the public's opinion within the last year will offer some insight into the stability of the relationship between the United States and China.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey signals the US-Russian relationship is challenged by communication, media coverage, and the countries’ presidents.

Although survey data shows that majorities of Americans continue to think that international terrorism is the most critical threat to the US, the overall public is not convinced that the Trump administration's policies will make the US safer from

The 2018 Chicago Council Survey finds that the American public prefers that the US not take a side in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

But most oppose sending US troops to the island should China invade.

Survey results reveal how Japanese perceptions of security in East Asia have changed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Polling data shows that although Americans believe that Russia is acting to contain US power, the US public favors cooperation and engagement rather than containing Russia.

There is general agreement in urban, suburban, and rural communities on the economy and climate change, but there’s a difference of opinion on immigration.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey finds that a majority in Mexico now express a favorable view of the United States.

The 2017 Chicago Council Survey finds that a majority of Americans support increases in federal healthcare spending, while few support cuts.

But a majority oppose sending US troops if China were to invade the island.

The Council's polling experts examine how American foreign policy experts think of the term "allies," and whether variations in thinking matter for US foreign policy decisions.

And bipartisan majorities of Americans support admitting new members to the alliance, Council polling shows.

New data from the Japan Institute of International Affairs and the Council offer insights on how publics in the United States and Japan view the relationship between their countries.

Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm analyze new public opinion data showing there is partisan agreement on how best to respond to the recent Russian hack.

The 2015 Chicago Council Survey finds roughly four in 10 Americans believe climate change is a serious problem.

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

Russians and Americans seem to sense a global alignment of democracies versus autocracies, and both publics fear a nuclear exchange.

Surveys from the Chicago Council and the Levada Analytical Center show that Russians are generally indifferent to Navalny's actions, and more suspect that he staged his own poisoning or it was a "provocation from the West" than believe the Russia

Although Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner for Republicans, the Chicago Council Survey finds that some key issues are still a challenge for those who supported another candidate.

Americans overall want to maintain defense spending. But Democrats, younger people, and those with a college education prefer cuts, while Republicans prefer expansion.

While Americans support federal spending on education, healthcare, and Social Security, there partisan divides on other key issues.

Chicago Council Survey data reveals growing concern across party lines about China's economic and military power.

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

As President Biden heads to the UN Climate Change Conference, he will grapple with significant divides in domestic public opinion.

But a majority of Americans support efforts to mitigate its effects.

The 2018 Chicago Council on Global Affairs Survey finds the largest majorities of Americans yet say that trade is good for the US economy and consumers.