November 13, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Sam Dong, Aaron Favila / AP, Download Report (PDF), Unique parallel surveys find both publics agree trade and international engagement benefit their countries, but to different degrees., The competition between the United States...

October 9, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, CDC Global, Download Report (PDF), A February 2019 poll found most Americans describe the United States and China as rivals (63%) rather than partners (32%)., Introduction, Just as the high-level US-China relationship has taken a sh...

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

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Andy Wong / AP, Download Report (PDF), Few see the United States as a friend to China, but a majority want Beijing to use a mix of cooperation and containment in its approach to Washingt...

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...

August 1, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Joshua Busby , Jonathan Monten , and Jordan Tama, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), But most oppose sending US troops to the island should China invade., Two surveys—the 2022 Chicago Council survey of the American pu...

October 13, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF), Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura analyze survey data showing that for the first time in nearly two decades, a majority of Americans describe the development of China as a world power as a critical...

September 25, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Karl Friedhoff, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Advancing the group's pillars of prosperity and development will be at the very heart of competition with China in the coming decade., The Quad—the country grouping including the United States, Japan, Austr...

October 8, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Should China invade, Americans support arming Taipei but oppose direct military intervention., Since the United States switched official diplomatic recognition from the Republic of China...

December 10, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Debi Jin , Christina Chen , and Kuan-chen Lee, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Americans and Taiwanese see US power as superior to Beijing’s, and China’s rise as a major threat to both countries. Yet Americans r...