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On this special edition Deep Dish episode, The Wall Street Journal’s Dasl Yoon reports from Seoul on South Korea’s approaches to containing COVID-19.

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.

Roger Thurow takes a minute to discuss how COVID-19 has affected food security and brought attention to hunger amid the abundance in the US.

We share our top picks for books to read in the weeks ahead that delve into what sort of world might emerge when the pandemic has passed.

This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores how the effects from COVID-19 could lead to reduced food production and more food insecurity.

As of April 1, the COVID-19 pandemic has killed more than 45,000 people globally and infected more than 900,000. How are publics around the world reacting?

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Jacqueline Hughes discusses the sustainability of food systems.

Former Bank of London governor Lord Mervyn King joins Deep Dish to discuss the lessons learned during the 2008 financial crisis and how to manage the current economic uncertainty.

The coronavirus crisis stands to dramatically reshape cities around the world. But the biggest revolutions in urban space may have begun before the pandemic.

An update from our polling experts on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic reviews survey results from countries in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Princeton University's Kim Scheppele joins Deep Dish to explain why the failure of one democracy should matter to every democracy.

Samuel Kling takes a minute to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on big cities and how cities can benefit from high density in a pandemic.

The New York Times’ Steven Erlanger reports from Brussels on what European nations are learning from the COVID-19 devastation in Italy and Spain.

Among the most preposterous of delusions from our delusional president is that he is qualified to lead the country in the "war" against COVID-19. Could we imagine a contrast more ludicrous than that between the recycled reality-TV host and Frankl

In deciding when and how quickly to relax restrictions, leaders should not underestimate the American public’s forbearance for remaining indoors.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Brendan Helm, Dina Smeltz, and Arik Burakovsky explain Putin’s 2024 plans.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic from around the world, including the US, Japan, Brazil, the UK, Italy and France.

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.

Charlotte Howard joins Deep Dish to explain the implications of the latest OPEC+ agreement and how it could affect the future of oil in the United States and beyond.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Alesha Black shares what hopeful news is emerging in America during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nikkei’s Kiyoshi Ando joins Deep Dish to explain why Japan appeared to be a COVID-19 miracle success story but is now seeing a spike in infections.

How can residents of the world’s richest country be hungry? The coronavirus exposed America’s secret of hunger amid abundance.

Steven Erlanger of the New York Times, Financial Times' Edward Luce, and CUNY's Carla Anne Robbins joined Council President Ivo Daalder to share their perspectives on emerging global stories.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the uncertainty if our food is safe to eat. Some activists urge more investment into integrating alt-meat into the protein industry.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic includes polling results from around the world.

Axios’ Rebecca Falconer joins Deep Dish to explain the aggressive and effective national eradication strategy of COVID-19.

Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune, Carol Giacomo of The New York Times, and Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times joined Council President Ivo Daalder analyze the week's global news.

How the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is handling the stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Feed the Future’s Janet Fierro examines how COVID-19 and the global food crisis affect the land grant model.

Paul Poast discusses how COVID-19 will change the global economy, US-China relations and the World Health Organization.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic, includes polling results from around the world.

Suzanne Maloney and Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to examine tensions between the United States and Iran and the future of the US-Iran standoff.

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.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm explain immigration policy risks for presidential candidates.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we dig deeper into how the pandemic has affected immigrants to the US.

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.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura, Brendan Helm, Jack Benjamin, Eliza Posner explains Public Opinon on Coronavirus for the week of May 6.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, John Austin explains COVID-19’s silver lining in the Midwest.