Commentary and Analysis

"The 2021 Chicago Council Survey finds that a narrow majority of Americans support some sort of boycott of this year’s Beijing Olympics,” Craig Kafura tells WTTW.

Chicago Council Surveys have found that Americans are largely supportive of humanitarian intervention, but this varies in specific cases.

Polling finds that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have different preferences regarding a solution to the conflict with Israel.

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?