Commentary and Analysis

Dina Smeltz shares survey results covering the role that Americans think the United States should be playing in the world.

On April 20, President Trump announced that an executive order to suspend immigration into the United States during the coronavirus crisis. But what does the American public think of this?

As the end of Putin's presidential term limits draw closer, many international observers wonder what Russia's leadership will look like after 2024.

In deciding when and how quickly to relax restrictions, leaders should not underestimate the American public’s forbearance for remaining indoors.

Council survey data shows that support for Elizabeth Warren for president did not expand to working-class people, which was likely her downfall. 

A survey  conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) found that just 39 percent of Palestinians continue to support the concept of a two-state solution.

Presidential candidates and the President are overstating Americans’ desire for a full-scale retreat from the Middle East.

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.

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.

The US president often has nearly unchecked authority in foreign policy. We should learn how candidates would wield that power.