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At the Water's Edge: Foreign Policy, Polarization, and the American Public

Hybrid EVENT

Dina Smeltz and Gerard Baker discuss findings from the Chicago Council’s 2025 annual survey, highlighting where Americans are divided—and where consensus still exists—on the US role in the world.

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Jan
28

Past Events

Public Opinion and the Future of US Foreign Policy

PAST EVENT

An expert roundtable convened in partnership with Bridging the Gap explores what public opinion data can indicate about the future of US foreign policy.

American flags lined up in front of the US Capitol ahead of President Joe Biden's inauguration on January 18, 2021.
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G20: What Comes Next as the US Takes Leadership?

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Lord Jim O’Neill, Brent Neiman, and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos share insights into how the G20 has changed and will continue under the upcoming US presidency with Leslie Vinjamuri.

Promotional sign for G20 in Miami in 2026.
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Commentary

Trump’s First Year Back: What Stood Out

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

President Donald Trump’s first year back in office changed the tone of US foreign policy. We look back at the moments that stood out.

Trump Zelenskiyy White House Meeting
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Global Politics

Perhaps the Pendulum Will Swing Back

Analysis
by Daniel W. Drezner

Since the days before its independence, America has gone to the extremes of foreign economic policy.

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Jacquelyn Martin / AP
US Foreign Policy

Research

Shared Confidence, Diverging Expectations in the Taiwan Strait

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Americans and Taiwanese see US power as superior to Beijing’s, and China’s rise as a major threat to both countries. Yet Americans remain more cautious about direct military involvement, even as both sides prefer maintaining the cross-strait status quo.

A Taiwanese military officer salutes to Taiwan's flag
Chiang Ying-ying / AP
Public Opinion

How Media Habits Shape American Foreign Policy Views

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz

As technology reshapes media ecosystems, Council polling finds the US public is struggling to weed out fact from fiction.

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Ian Maule / AP
Public Opinion

Experts

Joshua Busby 

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
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Ivo H. Daalder 

President Emeritus, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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