All too often commentators on the American public and foreign policy conflate public weariness with foreign military intervention with a desire to disengage from global affairs.
An important debate has cracked open about the future of the U.S.-China relationship. This was inevitable. But the debate, while increasingly contentious, has been limited to politicians, policymakers, and pundits, largely overlooking what most Americans think.
Of those who self-identify as Democrats in our 2019 Chicago Council Survey, about half are liberals while the other half are moderate/conservative. There are six key issues for which the two groups have differing opinions.
Many have come to term the generational divide around climate change beliefs the "global warming age gap"—and many more are deeply concerned about its implications for climate change policy.
The ramifications of Brexit are unfolding in Northern Ireland. As a result, historical, political, and religious divides are increasingly felt in debates over the future of the country's border.
James M. Lindsay of the Council on Foreign Relations joins the Council's Dina Smeltz to discuss the findings of the newly released 2019 Chicago Council Survey on how Americans view US foreign policy.
A powerful belief has taken hold that Americans are exhausted from global overreach. Council President Ivo Daalder debunks the notion that Americans want to retreat from world affairs.
Although US President Donald Trump is quite unpopular in Mexico, Mexican views of the US-Mexico relationship are not as negative as their views of Trump.
A recent survey among Hong Kong residents shows that they're dissatisfied with the actions of the police and support an independent investigation into the protest's origins and potential police abuse.
