February 15, 1994, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by John E. Rielly , Arthur Cyr , Catherine Hug , Benjamin I. Page , Bernard Roshco , and Trevor Tompson, The White House, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 1994 Chicago Council survey indicates that American attitudes at both public a...

June 22, 2017, RESEARCH Report, Richard Schneider, Download Report (PDF), This report is the product of an international effort between Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris to advance the discussion over how to transform neglected urban waterways., Urban waterways are nat...

October 6, 2025, RESEARCH Report by Karl Friedhoff, Rick Bowmer / AP, Download Report (PDF), Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward., Executive Summary, The race to secure critical minerals (CM) and rare ea...

June 1, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Candace Rondeaux , Heela Rasool-Ayub , and Deborah Avant, AP Photos, The Council partnered with New America to explore how Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans view key issues facing the world today., In the Unit...

October 16, 2018, RESEARCH Book by Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay, Diego Cambiaso, American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is an erosion of the postwar order that is even more dangerous., Key Findings , American diplomacy is in shambles, but beneath the daily chaos is...

May 9, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lily Wojtowicz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), A majority of Americans support the joint airstrike conducted by the US, UK, and France against Syria and would favor additional strikes if Syria uses chemical weapons again., Key Findin...

January 6, 2020, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini and Alyssa Ceretti, Nikhita S., Download Report (PDF), Investing in girls' education can put countries on the path to a more stable, prosperous future., Summary, This report demonstrates that educating girls has the power to break the cycle o...

January 24, 2018, RESEARCH Report by Rob Paral, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), As the United States strives to build a workforce that will maintain its economic competitiveness, we must invest in education and training for foreign-born workers., Key Findings, Immigrants are significant contribut...

November 29, 2022, RESEARCH Working Paper by Benjamin Leffel and Michele Acuto, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Cities are key actors in the fight against climate change. Progress made in data collection on city involvement in global governance is crucial to their success., The impact of cities f...

June 16, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Andrea Durkin, Vaishnav Chogale, Download Report (PDF), India is forecast to experience the largest increase in urban population of any country in the world. India's cities could have another 404 million mouths to feed by the year 2050., Executive Summary, Cities...