May 8, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Explore US-Russia survey research between 2021 and 2025., Introduction, Since 2017, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Center have jointly conducted opinion surveys in both the Uni...

July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Evgeniy Maloletka / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities across the American melting pot support continued US aid to Kyiv., In April, President Joe Biden sig...

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...

September 6, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Emily Sullivan , Dina Smeltz , and Anton Grushetsky, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), But neither Americans or Ukrainians think the sanctions will force Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine in the immediate future., Public opinion plays an imp...

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Libkos / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most Americans support sending additional aid to Ukraine and increasing sanctions on Russia, and relatively few want to withdraw support for Kyiv., Earlier this month, Ukraine launc...

September 12, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, American feelings toward Russia and China are lower than during the Cold War, Council polling shows., Key Findings, On a 0-100 scale, American feelings toward both Russia (22) and China (32) are at the lowest levels ever ...

October 13, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Xiangming Chen, Reuters, Even as the war in Ukraine creates risks, the extensive city-based CEFT network remains resilient from its continued expansion, improved infrastructure, and operational adaptability., China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will offic...

March 3, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most believe Russia should continue to pursue an independent foreign policy despite the sanctions, which are attributed to the West’s hostility and misunde...

July 24, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Dina Smeltz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Russians report limited impact of Western-imposed sanctions and continued support for the war in Ukraine., In a unified effort to curtail Russia’s ...

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Sam Dong , Craig Kafura , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Pavel Bednyakov / AP, Download Report (PDF), Other neighboring countries, including Japan, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam, are viewed less favorably., New research conduc...