August 27, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), American views of President Trump’s performance on trade are divided along party lines, but a large majority say that trade is good for the US economy, consumers, and job creation., ...

August 12, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Libby Berry, J. Scott Applewhite / AP, The public wants to increase the budget for domestic issues like infrastructure and education but is divided over defense spending and foreign assistance., The federal budget is a perennial election issue in...

November 6, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, With all eyes on Ukraine, it is unclear if a seventh North Korean nuclear test will really register with the American public., After several years of relative calm, tensions on the Korean Peninsula are beginning to incre...

February 14, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Emma Chanlett-Avery, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This brief analyzes the 2017 ASEAN summit where four of the region's major maritime democracies discussed the revival of quadrilateral cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific., At the Association...

January 15, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , and Stepan Goncharov, Eurasian Women’s Forum, Download Report (PDF), The Council and Levada Center in Moscow, Russia coordinated surveys to compare US and Russia public opinion about foreign policy issues., Key F...

September 7, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Lily Wojtowicz, Download Report (PDF), As recent polling data shows, most Americans have a positive opinion of free trade but are concerned about the threat of trade on job security., Both presidential candidate...

July 23, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Ted Shaffrey / AP, Download Report (PDF), While still forming their views on these technologies, more say they are concerned about the potential risks than excited about the opportunities., In the span of just a few yea...

August 3, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sibel Oktay , Paul Poast , Dina Smeltz , and Craig Kafura, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), The Council's polling experts examine how American foreign policy experts think of the term "allies," and whether variations in thinking matter for US forei...

December 11, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), The US public views the Japan alliance as a significant national security benefit as concerns about China grow., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted September 7–18, finds that as concerns...

November 15, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Ethan Kessler, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), With a presidential election fast approaching, Taipei’s defense policy could go in multiple directions., As China has grown more militarily capable and assertive under President Xi Jinping, Beijing’s promis...