July 5, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Ivo H. Daalder, Patrick Semansky / AP, Download Report (PDF), But everyday Republicans are divided over the best way to encourage NATO allies to increase their defense spending., Leaders from countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Or...

February 16, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative., For the first time in the nearly 50-year his...

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...

October 21, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz, Jacquelyn Martin / AP, Download Report (PDF), More than half also say the decline of democracies around the world, foreign interference in American elections, and the conflict in the Middle East pose critical threats to vital US int...

November 6, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Reuters, With all eyes on Ukraine, it is unclear if a seventh North Korean nuclear test will really register with the American public., After several years of relative calm, tensions on the Korean Peninsula are beginning to incre...

April 14, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Denis Volkov, Leo Correa / AP, Download Report (PDF), After a decade of involvement in Syria, some Russians are eager to withdraw their forces from the country., The formation of a new transitional government after the ouster of f...

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Sam Dong , Craig Kafura , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Pavel Bednyakov / AP, Download Report (PDF), Other neighboring countries, including Japan, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam, are viewed less favorably., New research conduc...

August 11, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Wang Yu Ching, Download Report (PDF), Should China invade Taiwan, 2022 Chicago Council Survey data show most Americans would support sending arms but not US troops., House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent trip to Taiw...

January 24, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , and Stepan Goncharov, Pedro Szekely, Download Report (PDF), Although the US public supports maintaining or increasing US sanctions against Russia, the Russian public does not think the sanctions are a critical thre...

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...