July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Ed Wray / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities across racial groups want the United States to be a world leader in economic and military strength, democrati...

March 30, 2023, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini , Peggy Tsai Yih , Roger Thurow , and Gloria Dabek, iStock, Download Report (PDF), The Center on Global Food and Agriculture provides a bold vision for a 21st Century of zero hunger in a healthier and more equitable world., During the 2022 Worl...

November 25, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Jordan Tama , Joshua Busby , and Jonathan Monten, Alex Brandon / AP, We investigate where the attitudes of foreign policy professionals and the American public align—and diverge—in a major election...

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...

September 28, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Libby Berry and Dina Smeltz, Reuters, The public also remains concerned about the potential for a global economic downtown, Council polling shows., Key Findings, A majority of Americans (62%) view a disruption in the energy supply as a critica...

September 15, 2014, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2014 Chicago Council Survey of American public opinion and US foreign policy shows public support for an “Active” Role in world affairs., Forei...

August 15, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Karl Friedhoff , and Lama El Baz, Results and analysis of the Council's annual survey of American views on foreign policy., The 2025 Chicago Council Survey, conducted July 18-30, 2025, measures American public opinio...

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August 2, 2017, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Dina Smeltz and Lily Wojtowicz, Pedro Szekely, Download Report (PDF), New Chicago Council Survey results show a majority of Americans support maintaining or increasing sanctions against Russia and views the nation as a greater threat than in previous years...

February 7, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lily Wojtowicz , and Stepan Goncharov, Download Report (PDF), Opinion surveys conducted in both the United States and Russia reflect similar disappointment and continued mistrust among the general publics., Key Findings , Many obs...