August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Karl Friedhoff, Evan Vucci / AP, Download Report (PDF), While supporters of both parties see benefits in US security agreements, Republicans tend to be more concerned about the associated costs., For the past 75 years, the US alli...

June 30, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Virginia Mayo / AP, Download Report (PDF), A new Chicago Council survey finds bipartisan majorities support the NATO alliance, including US troop deployments in Germany and Poland., At the 2026 NATO Summit, allies are expected to focus...

January 10, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Topline (PDF), American public opinion toward Japan has never been warmer, Council data show., Key Findings, Two-thirds of Americans (67%) support long-term US bases in Japan, an all-time high in Chicago Council S...

November 25, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Jordan Tama , and Joshua Busby, Leo Correa / AP, When it comes to the conflict in the Middle East, American foreign policy professionals are more divided along partisan lines than the general public., ...

April 4, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Jacquelyn Martin / AP, Download Report (PDF), Americans are also slightly more likely to say Israel has gone too far in its war with Hamas than to say Israel’s actions are justified., US President Joe Biden has warned...

October 28, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Korean Central News Agency via AP, Download Report (PDF), The public is open to resuming talks with Pyongyang under certain conditions and sees benefits from trade with Seoul., The US-South Korea alliance remains one of the most ...

March 4, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz, Lynne Sladky/AP, Download Report (PDF), Unlike their elders, young Americans don’t buy into US exceptionalism and are divided on whether the United States should play an active role or stay out of world affairs., With a diverse range...

July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Evgeniy Maloletka / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities across the American melting pot support continued US aid to Kyiv., In April, President Joe Biden sig...

January 28, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , and Sam Dong, Download Report (PDF), Results and analysis of the Council's 2025 annual survey of American views on foreign policy., Chicago Council Survey Dashboard, Explore five decades of American att...

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...