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The Urban-Suburban-Rural "Divide" in American Views on Foreign Policy

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz

While our other surveys have notes things such as party affiliation, gender, and age, the 2016 Chicago Council Survey also differentiated between urban, suburban, and rural locations.

An aerial view of a suburb in Arizona
Avi Waxman
Public Opinion

2016 Opinion Leader Survey

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

The 2016 Opinion Leader Survey showed that, for the most part, there was a bipartisan consensus among US foreign policy opinion leaders on active US engagement with the world, maintaining US alliances around the globe, and the benefits of international trade.

With right hand raised, Donald Trump looks at John Roberts with his back to the camera, as Melania Trump and others watch.
The White House
Public Opinion

Stability in the 21st Century: Global Food Security for Peace and Prosperity

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

The world today faces enormous challenges, including the threats of rapidly increasing instability, conflict, and migration as a result of inadequate food supplies and water scarcity.

Workers unload a truck of harvested cassava roots. Food and Agriculture

The Last Hunger Season Revisited

RESEARCH
Book by Roger Thurow

We revisit the families profiled in Council senior fellow Roger Thurow's book, The Last Hunger Season, six years later.

Two people walking down a dirt road with trees in the background Food and Agriculture

Immigration a Demographic Lifeline in Midwestern Metros

RESEARCH
Report by Rob Paral

This report examines how immigrants have helped offset native-born population loss and revitalized an aging workforce in 40-plus Midwestern metro areas between 2000 and 2015.

View from the west of the Chicago skyline at sunrise
Brad Knight
Migration

Growing Markets, Growing Incomes: Leveraging Trade Facilitation for Farmers

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Andrea Durkin

Andrea Durkin outlines recommended actions related to a Council report calling for a new US program to promote trade facilitation in food.

Aerial view of a truck harvesting a crop on a farm Food and Agriculture

Guiding Principles for a Sustainable US Policy Toward Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia

RESEARCH
Policy Brief by Coauthors

A joint task force outlines some key principles and judgments in managing the United States' relationships with Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.

Exterior view of the Kremlin at night time
Alex Zarubi
Defense and Security

Public Opinion and the US-Japan Alliance at the Outset of the Trump Administration

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura

The US-Japan relationship faces significant challenges in the rise of China and the inauguration of Trump. However, decades of polling show the bilateral alliance also has deep roots of public support.

The American and Japanese flags.
Courtesy US Dept. of Agriculture
Public Opinion

Asia in the Age of Uncertainty

RESEARCH
Report

This joint report examines the public opinion of changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific, including mutual concerns and competing visions, in order to make better-informed policy decisions.

Republic of Korea Army 1st Lt. Choi Min Kyu points across the border into North Korea while briefing Vice President of the United States Joe Biden, at Observation Point Ouellette, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2013. Public Opinion

Majority of Americans—Except for Republicans—Back Congressional Inquiry

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

Survey data shows thirty-year lows for American views of Russia.

An exterior shot of the US Capitol building at night
John Brighenti
Public Opinion