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The Last Hunger Season Revisited

RESEARCH
Book by Roger Thurow

We revisit the families profiled in Council senior fellow Roger Thurow's book, The Last Hunger Season, six years later.

Two people walking down a dirt road with trees in the background Food and Agriculture

Immigration a Demographic Lifeline in Midwestern Metros

RESEARCH
Report by Rob Paral

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.

View from the west of the Chicago skyline at sunrise
Brad Knight
Migration

Growing Markets, Growing Incomes: Leveraging Trade Facilitation for Farmers

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Andrea Durkin

Andrea Durkin outlines recommended actions related to a Council report calling for a new US program to promote trade facilitation in food.

Aerial view of a truck harvesting a crop on a farm Food and Agriculture

Guiding Principles for a Sustainable US Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Coauthors

A joint task force outlines some key principles and judgments in managing the United States' relationships with Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.

Exterior view of the Kremlin at night time
Alex Zarubi
Defense and Security

Public Opinion and the US-Japan Alliance at the Outset of the Trump Administration

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura

The US-Japan relationship faces significant challenges in the rise of China and the inauguration of Trump. However, decades of polling show the bilateral alliance also has deep roots of public support.

The American and Japanese flags.
Courtesy US Dept. of Agriculture
Public Opinion

Asia in the Age of Uncertainty

RESEARCH
Report

This joint report examines the public opinion of changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific, including mutual concerns and competing visions, in order to make better-informed policy decisions.

Republic of Korea Army 1st Lt. Choi Min Kyu points across the border into North Korea while briefing Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, at Observation Point Ouellette, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2013. Public Opinion

Majority of Americans—Except for Republicans—Back Congressional Inquiry

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Survey data shows thirty-year lows for American views of Russia.

An exterior shot of the US Capitol building at night
John Brighenti
Public Opinion

Reducing Urban Violence and Improving Youth Outcomes in the Americas

RESEARCH
Report

Thirty leaders from Latin American and Caribbean countries met to discuss how to improve safety, reduce violence, and ultimately better the lives of young people living in cities.

Charu Chaturvedi
Global Cities

Views from the G2: Public Opinion in the US and China

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

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.

Barack Obama and Xi Jinping meet at the G20 summit in 2016
Pete Souza
Public Opinion

Growing Support in US for Some Climate Change Action

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Recent survey findings show that policies focused on furthering US energy independence are most likely to gain bipartisan support.

A smoke stack in front of a blue sky Public Opinion