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One-quarter of South Koreans Ready to Wear Masks Indefinitely

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

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.

A pharmacist in Seoul ringing up masks.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Generational Gaps Close on Sense of Threat from Climate Change

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Running Numbers by Katherine Stiplosek

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

Crowd kneels at a climate protest.
Reuters
Climate and the Environment

For the American Public, Military Conflict Is the New Normal

In the News
The Hill
Coauthors

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.

.50 caliber machine gun fires on top of a tank during a combined arms live-fire exercise at night.
Sgt. Henry Villarama
US Foreign Policy

A Foreign Policy for the Middle Class?

In the News
The Un-Diplomatic Podcast
Craig Kafura

What does the American public think about China, internal v. external threats, and who benefits from US foreign policy? Craig Kafura joins the Un-Diplomatic Podcast to discuss.

Screenshot of Un-Diplomatic Podcast episode 102 artwork. Public Opinion

Europeans and Americans Divided on the Transatlantic Relationship

In the News
The Diplomat
Dina Smeltz

“New polling data shows that the American public is much more likely to sense a natural alliance with European countries than the reverse,” writes Dina Smeltz in the Diplomat.

Camera pointed at Biden, Ursula Von der Leyen, and Charles Michel.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Americans on Their Allies, Partners, and Rivals

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

The Biden administration emphasizes strengthening ties with America's global allies and partners. Which countries do Americans view as their allies—and adversaries?

Flags on a desk below a screen showing US leaders in an online defense council meeting.
NATO
Public Opinion

The Persistently Internationalist American Public

In the News
Washington Post
Daniel W. Drezner

2021 Council data show where Biden's ideas overlap with the American middle class— and where they don't. Nonresident Senior Fellow Dan Drezner details in the Washington Post.

President Biden in a Jeep Wrangler.
Adam Schultz
US Foreign Policy

"Foreign Policy for the Middle Class" Mostly Gets It Right

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

“The administration should invest in making the case at home for how [foreign] policies benefit the American people,” writes Elizabeth Shackelford in the Chicago Tribune.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a podium at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's Ministerial Council Meeting on Oct. 5, 2021, in Paris.
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

What Do Americans Want from Biden's Foreign Policy?

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

After ten months of Biden in office, new public opinion data show Americans support most, but not all, of his foreign policy strategy.

Biden's foreign policy team
REUTERS
Public Opinion

Americans Sense China Eclipsing US Economically, Poll Finds

In the News
Washington Post
Coauthors

As competition between the United States and China intensifies, more Americans now say the Asian country is more powerful economically, a reversal from two years ago when a plurality said the United States had an economic advantage, according to a survey released Thursday by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

President Biden stands in front of a bulldozer and American flag.
Reuters
Public Opinion