April 10, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sam Dong , Lama El Baz , and Dina Smeltz, Dmitry Serebryakov / AP, Download Report (PDF), At the same time, a plurality feel they are entitled to more., In a contentious meeting on February 28, US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance...

July 13, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Nam Y. Huh / AP, Download English Report (PDF) Download Spanish Report (PDF), In the aftermath of Operation Midway Blitz, residents in Chicago, suburban Cook County, and Lake County say Immigration and Customs Enforcem...

February 14, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Emma Chanlett-Avery, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This brief analyzes the 2017 ASEAN summit where four of the region's major maritime democracies discussed the revival of quadrilateral cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific., At the Association...

February 11, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), But the public is more ready than ever to enter peace negotiations., Despite suffering heavy military casualties, recruitment and equipment challenges in...

September 13, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Michael J. Green, Steven Diaz, Download Report (PDF), The 2012 Chicago Council Survey on American public opinion and US foreign policy provides important context for thinking about the future of the US-Japan alliance., Key Findings, These are ...

September 17, 2018, RESEARCH Working Paper by David Scheffer, United Nations, Download Report (PDF), This paper describes the central issues in three upcoming atrocity crime decisions and the implications for the evolution of international criminal justice., Introduction , This paper describes t...

September 23, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Kris Hartley, Download Report (PDF), Cities have a crucial role to play in translating the high-level, ambitious, and multidimensional vision of the SDGs into practice through local policies—that is, localization., Key Findings, The United Nations’ 2030 ...

February 4, 2014, RESEARCH Report by Dina Smeltz , Juliana Kerr , and Craig Kafura, Tom Gill, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), A Chicago Council on Global Affairs report which shows bipartisan support among Midwestern business leaders to pass immigration reform., Business Leaders on Imm...

September 10, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Radek Kucharski, Download Report (PDF), After a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Americans recognize China’s growing influence and Asia’s importance to the US., Key Findings, For the first time since the question was fir...

September 25, 2018, RESEARCH Report by Karen Weigert, Download Report (PDF), An estimated 100 billion square meters of new construction is expected in countries without mandatory building energy codes. A consistent set of principles can frame the work needed to shape thriving, low-carbon cities.,...