February 8, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Courtesy US Dept. of Agriculture, Download Report (PDF), The US-Japan relationship faces significant challenges in the rise of China and the inauguration of Trump. However, decades of polling show the bilateral alliance also has de...

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Carolyn Kaster / AP, While most Democrats favor taking an active part in world affairs, Republicans remain divided., As Democrats meet in Chicago to officially nominate Kamala Harris and lay out their platform for the 2024 election, ...

March 22, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Emily Sullivan, NURPHOTO, Download Report (PDF), Both Millennials and Gen Z are more hesitant than their elders to endorse military approaches to foreign policy., Whether it’s using WhatsApp to chat with friends in other countrie...

December 1, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sam Dong and Karl Friedhoff, Noah Berger / AP, Download Report (PDF), Americans of all partisan stripes agree free trade agreements are important, but Republicans want them with a side of trade barriers., Since re-entering the White House this y...

October 17, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Sara McElmurry , Juliana Kerr , Theresa Cardinal Brown , and Lazaro Zamora, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The United States needs pragmatic, sensible approaches to immigration that will improve the nation’s security while balancing its role in other key na...

March 2, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Joshua Busby , Joshua D. Kertzer , and Jonathan Monten, David Strickler, Download Report (PDF), The 2020 Chicago Council on Global Affairs-University of Texas at Austin survey explores to what extent Democratic, Republi...

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...

October 7, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz, Oded Balilty / AP, Download Report (PDF), As the war in Gaza continues, rifts between progressive and moderate Democrats are deepening—and cracks within the Republican Party are also beginning to show., The security partnership bet...

July 6, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Dina Smeltz, Frode Overland Andersen, Download Report (PDF), The 2016 Chicago Council Survey shows 75 percent of Americans support either maintaining or increasing the United States' commitment to NATO., Americans View NATO as Essen...

July 10, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini, Download Report (PDF), This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership., Introduction, From preparations made upon appointment to the position to the first 100 days in office and finally th...