[November 20, 2009] Council on Global Affairs launches GlobalMidwest.org Tweet Nov 20, 2009 (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- The Chicago Council on Global Affairs announced that it launched a new Web site, GlobalMidwest.org, meant to connect Midwesterners who are developing regional responses to global challenges. The Web site includes a calendar of events; links to reports covering global issues that affect the Midwest; and a database of experts and organizations who research key Midwest issues such as agriculture, economic development, energy, and transportation, the council said. The Web site grew out of the 3-year-old Global Midwest Initiative, an arm of the council that convenes policy makers and researchers from a region that spans from Ohio and Michigan to Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. At a time when the nation wondered how to compete in a global era, the council formed the Global Midwest Initiative on the assumption that the patchwork of states in the Midwest share a common economic identity, as well as a similar agricultural and industrial heritage. Also available on www.globalmidwest.org are the council's Heartland Papers, a series of original research that delves into the challenges and opportunities of globalization for the Midwest. It also offers the Global Midwest Policy Briefs, which offer recommendations for some of the most pressing challenges facing the Midwest. It also started a new blog, The Midwesterner. Richard Longworth, author of the 2008 book, "Caught in the Middle: America's Heartland in the Age of Globalism." Longworth, is the lead blogger on the site and servies as its editor. Longworth is a senior fellow at the Chicago Council. To see more of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.jsonline.com. Copyright (c) 2009, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]