Council-Ipsos Flash Polling
Once a month, the Council and Ipsos team up to measure public opinion on the major foreign policy issues of the moment.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is partnering with Ipsos to conduct monthly polling on American public opinion on key foreign policy issues. Stay tuned for regular updates on attitudes toward Russia’s war in Ukraine, the ongoing conflict in Gaza, and more.
Survey Reports
- Despite Trump Withdrawal, Americans Back Paris Climate Agreement
- American Views of China Hit All-Time Low
- Americans Say Weakening Democracy Is the Most Critical Threat to US
- Americans See Negative Consequences of US Troop Withdrawal from South Korea
- On Taiwan, Americans Favor the Status Quo
- Americans Fear Recent Assassinations in Middle East Will Spark Wider War
- As NATO Reaches 75th Year, Americans Say It Is Still Essential to US Security
- Majority of Americans Want to Strengthen or Expand US Alliances
- Democrats and Republicans Starkly Divided on Immigration Policy
- Americans Want US Leaders to Focus More on China and Southern Border
- American Public Divided over US Approach to Israel’s War in Gaza
- Americans Say the US Should Stay Impartial in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Americans Continue to Support Military and Economic Aid to Ukraine
About the Authors
Vice President, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
![Headshot for Dina Smeltz](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2020-12/dina-smeltz-2020_2000.jpg?h=0b30a1ce&itok=kNJucH3-)
Dina Smeltz, a polling expert, has more than 25 years of experience designing and fielding international social and political surveys. Prior to joining the Council to lead its annual survey of American attitudes on US foreign policy, she served in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the US State Department's Office of Research from 1992 to 2008.
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Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
![headshot of Craig Kafura](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2022-08/Kafura_Craig.jpg?h=bfced127&itok=_SzIswC8)
Craig Kafura is the director of public opinion and foreign policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, and a Pacific Forum Young Leader. At the Council, he coordinates work on public opinion and foreign policy and is a regular contributor to the public opinion and foreign policy blog Running Numbers.
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Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies
![Council expert Karl Friedhoff](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2020-11/karl-Friedhoff-01.jpg?h=d6d92163&itok=5lRuQK_n)
Karl Friedhoff was a Korea Foundation-Mansfield Foundation US-Korea Nexus Scholar and a member of the Mansfield Foundation’s Trilateral Working Group prior to joining the Council. Previously, he was a program officer in the Public Opinion Studies Program at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies based in Seoul, South Korea.
![Council expert Karl Friedhoff](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2020-11/karl-Friedhoff-01.jpg?h=d6d92163&itok=5lRuQK_n)
Research Assistant, Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy
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Lama El Baz joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in 2023 as a research assistant for the public opinion and US foreign policy team within the Lester Crown Center. She is passionate about public opinion research, data analytics, and the regional affairs of the Middle East and North Africa.
![Headshot for Lama El Baz](/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumb/public/2023-06/lema-el-baz-headshot_web01.jpg?h=f603e225&itok=LghkRNqd)
Media Coverage
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Ng Han Guan / AP
A majority now say the United States should work to actively limit the growth of China's power, Council polling finds.
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Evan Vucci / AP
Support for the alliance—though solid overall—is becoming increasingly polarized, Ivo Daalder and Dina Smeltz write.
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Christian Chavez / AP
New Council-Ipsos polling reveals there is little common ground to be found between the right and left when it comes to immigration policy solutions.