July 9, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Jacquelyn Martin / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities of young Americans agree the alliance is essential to US security but at lower levels than older generations., Chicago Council on Global Affairs research has shown that younger ge...

April 3, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Stepan Goncharov and Denis Volkov, Dmitry Dzhus, Download Report (PDF), Findings from this Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey show that Russians believe eastern areas of Ukraine should be independent states., Introduction, Findings from a new...

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...

June 30, 2022, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ethan Kessler, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), US aid would not have been nearly as effective without Ukraine’s efforts to improve its military prior to the 2022 Russian invasion., US security assistance to Ukraine since Russia’s all-out invasion in Feb...

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...

August 12, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, David Goldman / AP, Download Report (PDF), Republicans are focused on inflation and immigration ahead of the November election, while Democrats emphasize abortion policies and democracy., The 2024 US presidential elec...

December 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Jordan Tama , and Joshua Busby, Virginia Mayo / AP, Download Report (PDF), Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s aversion to alliances, foreign policy professionals across the American political spe...

June 9, 2022, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ivo H. Daalder and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, iStock, Download Report (PDF), The world's democracies need a way to fight back against coercive economic actions by authoritarian governments, argue Ivo Daalder and Anders Fogh Rasmussen., Increasingly, authoritaria...

February 18, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm, REUTERS, New survey data shows a partisan divide on what Americans believe is the greatest threat to the United States: Democrats rank violent white nationalist groups the highest, while Republicans list China as t...

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...