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A Disputed Election for Lukashenko and an Uncertain Future for Belarusians

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

This blog is about Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko and how he remains Belarus' leader, earning him the moniker of the "last dictator in Europe."

Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus
Prachatai
Public Opinion

Global Public Opinion Shows Some Return to Normal Despite COVID-19 Rise

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

The Chicago Council Survey team provides updates on public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic from the US, Japan, South Korea, France, and the UK.

People wearing medical face masks at a train station in Japan
Zhipeng Ya
Global Health

Urban, Suburban, and Rural Americans Agree on Key Issues Ahead of 2020 Election

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Running Numbers by Brendan Helm

Data from the 2019 Chicago Council Survey revealed that certain issues which once divided those living in cities, suburbs, or the country have become sources of agreement

Voters in Des Moines precincts 44, 58 and 59 cast their ballots at Callanan Middle School.
Phil Roeder
Public Opinion

Food Systems Dashboard: A Decision-making Tool for Better Food Governance Decisions

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Global Food for Thought by Lawrence Haddad

In our latest collaboration with Agri-Pulse, Jess Fanzo and Lawrence Haddad explain how the Food Systems Dashboard helps policy makers and farmers alike.

A tractor pulls a trailer with stacked bails of hay.
Gozha Net
Food and Agriculture

Post-Pandemic Travel and Tourism: How Has Travel Shaped Your Worldview?

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Global Insight by Madeleine Nicholson

With countries locking down and opening up and locking down again, it has become especially hard to anticipate if and how we can move—now and in the future.

View of a sunset from an airplane window.
Eva Darron
Culture

Global Public Opinion Response as COVID-19 Halts Reopening

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

The Chicago Council’s polling team examines public opinion on COVID-19 from the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, France, the UK, Italy, and Israel.

The microscopic view of the virus which causes Coronavirus disease.
NIAID
Global Health

What do Americans think of QAnon?

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Running Numbers by Charlie Rahr

Using social media traffic as a way to gauge interest, it is estimated that hundreds of thousands subscribe to any one of the countless theories propagated under QAnon.

A Qanon supporter marches in route to the Supreme Court during the Million Maga March protest regarding election results on November 14, 2020 in Washington D.C
REUTERS
Global Politics

COVID Puts an Even Greater Squeeze on Press Freedom

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Running Numbers by Giulia Shaughnessy

The pandemic has rendered journalism and freedom of the press even more vulnerable, especially in countries already facing difficulties.

A laptop computer with a medical mask sitting on it.
Dimitri Karastelev
Global Health

Americans Want a Nuclear-Free World

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Today, most Americans don’t want a world with nuclear weapons. According to the 2020 Chicago Council Survey two-thirds of Americans (66%) believe that no country should be allowed to have nuclear weapons.

Atomic bomb dome (Genbaku Dome) in Hiroshima, Japan Public Opinion

Global Public Opinion Reactions to COVID-19's Second Wave

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

The Chicago Council Survey team provides updates on public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic from the US, Canada, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, and Australia.

San Salvatore Hospital in Pesaro, Italy
Alberto Giuliani
Global Health