October 18, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Sara McElmurry, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Despite the Trump administration’s approach to immigration, survey data reveals growing support for a pathway to citizenship for unauthorized workers., Views of Immigrants and Re...

September 23, 2014, RESEARCH Report by Juliana Kerr , Paul N. McDaniel , and Melissa Guinan, Hans Isaacson, Download Report (PDF), According to a new report, Midwestern policymakers—rather than federal leadership—must take action on immigration policy., Elected and civic leaders throughout th...

July 7, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ian Klaus , Hugo Decramer , Michele Acuto , Juliana Kerr , Sam Tabory , and Noah J. Toly, Download Report (PDF), Cities are now more connected than ever before on a global scale. Yet local governments are not just spectators of this networked age: they are a...

April 15, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Dina Smeltz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Before the Crocus City Hall attack, a plurality of Russian young adults said Russia’s top foreign policy priority should be bo...

July 10, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini, Download Report (PDF), This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership., Introduction, From preparations made upon appointment to the position to the first 100 days in office and finally th...

February 16, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative., For the first time in the nearly 50-year his...

March 13, 2017, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Andrea Durkin, Download Report (PDF), Andrea Durkin outlines recommended actions related to a Council report calling for a new US program to promote trade facilitation in food., Executive Summary, Investment in trade capacity and facilitation can be a key ...

October 13, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Dina Smeltz, Download Report (PDF), Should reunification of North and South Korea eventually take place, Americans favor maintaining the alliance but are split on keeping US forces on the Korean Peninsula., As President Park G...

November 2, 2022, RESEARCH Working Paper by John Austin, John Austin shares insights from a transatlantic convening that explores the political repercussions of economic inequality and extremist ideology., "Ownership of their own future." "Locally owned and operated solutions." "Building on ident...

August 1, 2016, RESEARCH Working Paper by Karen Weigert, Download Report (PDF), Karen Weigert examines research, initial findings, potential implications, and suggestions for future research on benchmarking and energy efficiency programs., In 2013, the City of Chicago passed the Chicago Energy Be...