June 27, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, CDC Global, Download Report (PDF), According to foreign policy leader surveys concerns about a potential trade war between the US and China are widespread., Introduction, According to surveys conducted in 2018 among foreign policy opi...

February 26, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The American public is now less concerned about the threat posed by North Korea., Introduction, North Korea’s promise to deliver an end-of-year “Christmas gift” went unfulfilled amid signs t...

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...

July 6, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Dina Smeltz, Frode Overland Andersen, Download Report (PDF), The 2016 Chicago Council Survey shows 75 percent of Americans support either maintaining or increasing the United States' commitment to NATO., Americans View NATO as Essen...

November 4, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Stepan Goncharov , and Lily Wojtowicz, Download Report (PDF), Polling data shows that although Americans believe that Russia is acting to contain US power, the US public favors cooperation and engagement rather than containing Russ...

March 3, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most believe Russia should continue to pursue an independent foreign policy despite the sanctions, which are attributed to the West’s hostility and misunde...

April 5, 2021, RESEARCH Working Paper by Samuel Kling and Alexander Hitch, Download Report (PDF), A recent poll from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Harris Poll shows urban and suburban residents cities are looking to sustainable mobility to forestall a potential long-term shift to ...

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...

October 19, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Gregory Holyk, Scout Tufankjian, Download Report (PDF), The Council examines public opinion on key foreign policy topics that will be covered in the third and final 2012 Presidential debate., Key Findings , Foreign policy will t...

November 14, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lily Wojtowicz and Dina Hanania, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The American public’s view of the benefits of foreign aid is complicated; Americans support aid programs but would like to cut aid spending and have mixed feelings about its imp...