November 1, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , and Libby Berry, Carlos Osorio / AP, Download Report (PDF), The 2024 Chicago Council Survey finds there is often less division than imagined when it comes to long-standing pillars of US...

December 16, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Shuji Kajiyama / AP, Download Report (PDF), In a crisis over the Senkaku Islands, the US public favors sending additional troops to Japan—but no aid to retake the territory., The 2024 Chicago Council Survey and a series of Chica...

November 4, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This report says that Americans remain supportive of the US military presence in Japan., Introduction, President Trump’s longstanding skepticism toward US alliances and the coming negotiations over...

February 12, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Dina Smeltz , and Craig Kafura, Iryna Rybakova / Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP, Download Report (PDF), They are also divided on the United States’ participation in Europe’s “Coalition of the Willing” to defend a...

August 6, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Whether attacked by its neighbors or Tehran, majorities of Americans oppose using US troops to come to Israel’s defense., Israelis are braced for possible retaliatory military action from Iran after an Israeli str...

October 24, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Mark Schiefelbein / AP, Download Report (PDF), The public's top priorities for the US-China relationship moving forward: avoiding war and maintaining a technological edge., Over the past two US presidential administrations, relatio...

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Pixabay, Download Report (PDF), Pandemic-era shortages seem to have strengthened the public's appetite for greater economic self-sufficiency., Over the past 10 years, US trade policy has undergone a significant reorientation. Whil...

March 20, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Efrem Lukatsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), While most support providing medevac services to injured peacekeepers, the public is divided over backing a peacekeeping force militarily., UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hos...

June 24, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Lama El Baz, Carlos Barria / Pool via AP, Download Report (PDF), Many hesitate to give their opinions on the conflict, but attitudes seem to fall along partisan lines on whether the United States made the right move...

October 4, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), But partisan divisions over using US troops to defend allies in Europe and Asia are growing., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted September 7–18, 2023, finds Americans overall favor long-te...