Global Midwest Policy Briefs

The Global Midwest Initiative's Global Midwest Policy Briefs are concise, timely pieces published by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs that frame and analyze pressing issues facing the Midwest and offer recommendations for how best to move forward. Policy Briefs are the result of original research or synopses of longer published works. Authors are experts drawn from academia, business, civic organizations, government, journalism, and think tanks, and the views expressed are those of the author and not those of The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. They average three to five pages in length and are released on a quarterly basis.

Richard C. Longworth, senior fellow at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, author of Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age of Globalism and former senior writer for the Chicago Tribune, is the editor-in-chief of the Policy Briefs.


High-Speed Rail for the Midwest
Richard Harnish, September 2011

The Midwest's Liquid Gold
Sammis B. White, September 2010

A Venture Capital Strategy for the Great Lakes
Frank E. Samuel Jr., March 2010

Climate and Energy – The Midwestern Stake
Steve Brick, September 2009

Michigan - The ‘Car Capital’ as Crucible of Midwest Economic Transformation
John C. Austin, June 2009

A Midwestern Marshall Plan? Well, Sort Of
Richard C. Longworth, February 2009