August 14, 2018, RESEARCH Working Paper by John Austin, Bob Jagendorf, Download Report (PDF), While the Midwest outpaces other US regions on innovation and talent-creation metrics, it continues to export its wealth and new discoveries to the coasts., Key Findings, Since the 2016 election was tipp...

April 7, 2016, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Cullen S. Hendrix, Download Report (PDF), Efforts geared toward smallholder farmers have become more efficient and effective over the past several decades in helping to bringing millions out of poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and growing eco...

September 18, 2017, RESEARCH Report by Rob Paral, Allen McGregor, Download Report (PDF), Cities of the American Midwest were largely built by immigration, and immigrants were a key component of the population growth these cities experienced in the early decades of the last century., Introduction,...

November 25, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Jordan Tama , Joshua Busby , and Jonathan Monten, Alex Brandon / AP, We investigate where the attitudes of foreign policy professionals and the American public align—and diverge—in a major election...

August 1, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Joshua Busby , Jonathan Monten , and Jordan Tama, AP Photos, We explore whether foreign policy professionals and the American public are on the same page when it comes to America’s strategy abroad., To investigate ho...

February 1, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Joshua Busby , Joshua D. Kertzer , and Jonathan Monten, AP Photos, Download Data (ZIP), We look at where foreign policy professionals and the American public align—and diverge—as Joe Biden takes office., To inves...

September 3, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Sam Dong , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Mary Altaffer / Pool via AP, Download Report (PDF), Whether Beijing should take any leadership position on the world stage, however, is an overwhelming “yes.”, New researc...

August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ethan Kessler, AP Photos, US security assistance meant for counterterrorism efforts is also implicated in the government’s war against Anglophone separatists., Cameroon is a country of 29 million straddling West and Central Africa, rich in natural resou...

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Pixabay, Download Report (PDF), Pandemic-era shortages seem to have strengthened the public's appetite for greater economic self-sufficiency., Over the past 10 years, US trade policy has undergone a significant reorientation. Whil...

October 7, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , and Emily Sullivan, iStock, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), While the Biden administration seems to understand where Americans stand on China and domestic renewal to suppor...