Past Events

Roundtable with Hina Khar on Pakistan’s Growing Influence

PAST EVENT

Hina Khar and Leslie Vinjamuri discuss the driving forces behind Pakistan's recent diplomatic initiatives and their potential implications for Pakistan, the Iran War, and the future of the Middle East.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar delivers a speech at an international conference on July 8, 2012.
Itsuo Inouye / AP Pool

Strait Talk: Lessons from Hormuz with Samir Saran

PAST EVENT

Observer Research Foundation President Samir Saran joins the Council for a private roundtable discussion on the ongoing Strait of Hormuz crisis.

Samir Saran speaks to group of people around a table.
Ana Miyares Photography

Commentary

Bloomberg Surveillance: Democrats' Midterm Sweep

In the News
Bloomberg
Leslie Vinjamuri

"I don't see this as a huge foreign policy election," Council President and CEO Leslie Vinjamuri says, pointing to other issues like affordability and corruption. "[But] I think generally people haven't been pleased with foreign policy because it's been disruptive and it's affected them."

A volunteer sorts I Voted stickers at the Brooklyn Museum in New York on Election Day,
Yuki Iwamura / AP
US Foreign Policy

US Cuts Aid to Israel as American Attitudes Shift

In the News
Fox 32
Dina Smeltz

"In both parties, there's a generational shift away from Israel," Council Managing Director and Chair of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Dina Smeltz tells Fox 32.

Dina Smeltz appears on Fox 32 Public Opinion

Research

American Favorability of Israel Drops to Record Low

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Still, a majority of Americans overall continue to say the United States should not take a side in the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

US and Israel flags stand outside of the White House
Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Public Opinion

7 in 10 Americans Say Iran War Not Worth Fighting

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

New polling finds 68 percent of Americans believe the costs of the war with Iran have outweighed the benefits, though Republicans stand apart.

Demonstrators rally outside the White House to protest US military action in Iran
Jose Luis Magana / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Rachel Bronson 

Lester Crown Senior Nonresident Fellow, Energy and Geopolitics, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Lama El Baz 

Research Associate, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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