November 9, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Cole Keister, Download Report (PDF), The Middle East remains the focus of what Americans perceive as the leading threats to US security, including international terrorism, the rise of violent Islamic extremist group...

June 20, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), While many Russians favor negotiating for peace with Kyiv, they are unwilling to give up any Ukrainian territory seized since 2014. They are, howe...

April 21, 2016, RESEARCH Working Paper by Nicole Robinson, Albert Gonzalez Farran, Download Report (PDF), This paper offers actions businesses, governments, foundations, and community organizations can explore to ramp up ecosystems for future youth entrepreneurs., According to the International L...

August 25, 2021, RESEARCH Report by Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , and Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), American, Japanese, and South Korean publics see China as a more of a threat than a partner. Trilateral cooperation will be key to managing China's rise., Against a backdrop of gro...

April 20, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Russians and Americans seem to sense a global alignment of democracies versus autocracies, and both publics fear a nuclear exchange., The current c...

September 8, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Coinciding with the rise of the Islamic State, public concern about Islamic fundamentalism as a critical threat is rated at 55 percent, the highest level since 2002 survey results., Key Findings, Ame...

August 6, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Brendan Helm , Lily Wojtowicz , and Arik Burakovsky, Eurasian Women's Forum, Download Report (PDF), Recent surveys conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Analytical Center reveal that large majorities of both Russians an...

June 16, 2014, RESEARCH Report by Rob Paral, Lucas Ludwig, Download Report (PDF), This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas., Immigration is a demographic lifeline for metropolitan areas throughout the 12-state Midwest regio...

March 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although a plurality of young Russians say they are anxious about Russia’s political future, few vote or participate political...

November 30, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Emily Sullivan and Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), While the public would prefer diplomacy with Iran, they are not taking more aggressive options off the table., Negotiations to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCP...