Commentary and Analysis

Dina Smeltz shares public opinion on the key topics that will be discussed at the first 2020 presidential debate.

Rather than moving to cut ties with the rest of the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, majorities of Americans continue to prefer active U.S. engagement and shared leadership in world affairs.

As China tightens security in Hong Kong, many American businesses consider retreat and relocalization

​Recent surveys show that a majority of Americans sympathize with the protests occurring across the country since the death of George Floyd.

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.