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Chapter 1. Introduction: Navigating Unchartered Waters -- Chapter 2. The Turbulent Future of International Relations -- Chapter 3. A Kaleidoscopic Future: The State and Assemblages in Global Affairs -- Chapter 4. The Empiricism Strikes Back: Strategies for Avoiding a Post-Truth World -- Chapter 5. Towards an Enlightened Form of Capitalism: The Changing Role of Private Organizations in the Context of Global Affairs -- Chapter 6. International Justice and The International Criminal Court at a Critical Juncture -- Chapter 7. Feminist Principles in Global Affairs: Undiplomatic Practice -- Chapter 8. Taking Conflict Transformation Education Seriously -- Chapter 9. A Changing Agenda for International Development -- Chapter 10. Cyber Competition and Global Stability -- Chapter 11. The Upending of the Geopolitics of Energy: Disruption is the New Normal -- Chapter 12. The Future of Climate Action: From Systems Change to Behavior Change -- Chapter 13. The United Nations: Managing Unrealistic Expectations.

Metadata only record ; Increased demand for agricultural goods, climate change, and environmental degradation represent current challenges to global food security. This Chicago Council report addresses these hurdles through the perspective of US policy, calling for the US government to lead the way in supporting global food security. Part I summarizes the challenges confronting food security, and presents the solution of agricultural development through sustainable intensification. Part II profiles the Chicago Councils recommendations for the US government to shape policy for improving food security. Four main recommendations are outlined: Prioritizing food security in development policy, invigorating agricultural research based on sustainable intensification, supporting trade with developing countries, and improving market access.

THE VIGOROUS REACTIVATION OF RELIGION IN LATIN AMERICA IS CLOSELY TIED TO THE CURRENT WAVE OF DEMOCRATIZATION THERE. IN THE 1980'S THE INCREASED CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT ACCOMPANIED THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY FACILITATED A DRAMATIC PERIOD OF RELIGIOUS INNOVATION. THE NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS THAT APPEARED DURING THAT ERA ARE NOW IN A POSITION TO PUSH FOR INCREASED CIVIL LIBERTIES IN THE ERA OF DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION.