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Through their connection to traditional food practices, dandelions challenge colonized notions of food security and provide students with the opportunity to reconnect with Indigenous food systems.

Overshadowed by global trade conflicts, the pending EU-Mercosur trade pact underlines the shifting global trade landscape away from a US-led international trade order.

Europe's attempts to diversify its gas supplies could have unintended and negative consequences for climate progress, writes Chris Morris.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Matthew Dalton explains the US Navy’s global role.

Deep Dish host Brian Hanson shares five recent episodes that help explain what’s happening in our world today and why these issues are so important.

Check out the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development!

With investment from governments, philanthropists, and the private sector, the world can halt the spread of pandemic-induced food insecurity.

If food waste were a country, it would be the world's third-largest greenhouse gas emitter behind China and the US.

Citizens and policymakers alike embrace industrial policy as great power competition intensifies.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, we discuss if the European Union can stay politically relevant after COVID-19 and Brexit.

Younger Americans are more confident in US power vis-a-vis China and are more likely to oppose restrictions on scientific and educational exchanges between the two.

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.

The benefits cities gain from the prestige associated with hosting the Olympics do not offset the human costs reported every year the Games are held.

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

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

What defines a global city? Though the parameters are nebulous, Las Vegas' niche in the world of gambling gives it a special spot in the world economy.

Does a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics have public support among countries doing so? Data show modest support—and skepticism.

The WHO has officially declared the spread of COVID-19 a global pandemic. How is the public reacting around the world?

The Chicago Council's polling team examines public opinion on COVID-19 from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, France, the UK, Italy, and Israel.

Brendan Helm, Craig Kafura, and Karl Friedhoff analyze views on COVID vaccinations, finding Americans are divided on whether to be vaccinated despite increasing availability.

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

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?

Weekly analysis of public opinion as governments around the world impose increasing restrictions and the number of active cases surges.

A recent survey among Hong Kong residents shows that they're dissatisfied with the actions of the police and support an independent investigation into the protest's origins and potential police abuse.

As the United States and China compete for influence in the region, two experts weigh in on what Africans would like to see from each potential partner moving forward.

The strategy debate has serious implications for both Taipei and, by association, the United States, argues Ethan Kessler.

Survey data shows that Russians are more likely than Americans to say that their nation's government handled the coronavirus pandemic effectively.

Council expert Dina Smeltz explains the different views on issues between “Trump Republicans” and “Non-Trump Republicans.

An announcement made following the G7 Hiroshima Summit brings the group one step closer to a proposed “Economic Article 5.”

Existential threats like hunger and malnutrition, natural disasters, and agricultural pests impact international trade and economics, geopolitics, labor, and even migration across borders.

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.

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

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.

Inevitably, the COVID-19 pandemic will change how people across the world think about foreign relations. Craig Kafura looks at Australia as a case study for how these changes affect public opinion.

A comparison of two recent polls finds some similarities—and some significant differences—in how international relations scholars and the American public want to approach China.

New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.

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

In a shift from just a month ago, the Japanese public favors tough sanctions on Russia in concert with the US and Europe. 

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

While moderate Democrats are more supportive of funding the military, liberals are more willing to deploy troops to defend allies, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Mexico's threat to ban GM corn presents an opportunity to re-evaluate agricultural norms in the United States and address inequities in trade.

The Great Lakes have always been the foundation of the Midwest economy, but in a world where fresh water is in short supply, this resource is more valuable than ever.

While younger Americans are most concerned about climate change, pluralities of each generation are ready to take action to prevent it.

Our weekly round up of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

As the Christmas holidays approach, we review both key and controversial topics in current politics

Our weekly roundup of the top news in food, agriculture, and global development.

What is a global city? In the age of globalization, these cities and their corporations, universities, media, and culture run the global economy.

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.

While Americans favor nuclear energy in general, they are reluctant to developing new nuclear plants.