Commentary and Analysis

Public opinion data show relatively warm feelings between the United States, Mexico, and Canada.

Public support for the 2021 infrastructure bill breaks across party lines and may miss the connection to US competitiveness.

The AUKUS submarine deal was strongly condemned by China and France, but will likely enjoy broad support among US and Australian publics.

“The American public is actually very heavily in favor of American global engagement,” Elizabeth Shackelford tells NPR's the Confluence.

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

The Council surveyed US foreign policy experts to learn how AUKUS had such an effect on US-French relations. Dina Smeltz, Sibel Oktay, Paul Post, and Craig Kafura explain in War on the Rocks.

Australians are more concerned about severe weather events than the climate crisis causing them. But is tackling the former alone just putting out fires?

While Americans continue a culture war on the necessity and effectiveness of masks, one-quarter of the South Korean public is ready to wear them indefinitely.

Concern for the state of the planet spans generations, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Dina Smeltz and Elizabeth Shackelford write in the Hill on the consequences of an American public desensitized to military action abroad, and what we must do about it.