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Both foreign policy leaders and the American public back “friendshoring."

The Kyrgyz community in Chicagoland is small, but its economic footprint is expanding. New Kyrgyz businesses are bridging Illinois and Central Asia.

Chef Johnny Clark calls his new Ukrainian restaurant Anelya a “political statement” to the world that Ukrainian food “isn’t just Russian with a twist” — and that it deserves a Michelin star of its own.

Integrating migrant children and their parents into local schools also integrates them into the local economy.

The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.

China is looking beyond the current environment to shape the global food system for its own food security.

While understandable, the mood of pessimism around COP27 obscures progress toward net zero and can be dangerously self-fulfilling, argues Chris Morris.

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

While the public believes nuclear weapons are an effective tool in deterring aggression, less than half say they make the country more secure.

Consensus on how long to provide economic and military aid to Ukraine appears to be weakening as the war enters its tenth month.