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Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

While most support providing medevac services to injured peacekeepers, the public is divided over backing a peacekeeping force militarily.

Survey data shows thirty-year lows for American views of Russia.

The Rural Household Multiple Indicator Survey can make development-related actions more efficient, more effective, and quicker to deploy.

Most Americans trust the information they receive from medical experts, distrust what they see on social media, and there is a partisan divide on trusting information from the US government and media.

Just one month out, polling in South Korea shows two different presidential races. That may have consequences following the election.

Harvard University's Stephen M. Walt joins Deep Dish to explain America's foreign policy failures since the end of the Cold War.

Although Midwesterners differ slightly from the general population in their views of international trade, Midwesterners without postsecondary education are more suspicious.

With the US election a week away, here are three key things you need to know about the American public's views on Asia in 2020.

Findings from a new US-Russia binational survey reveal that publics in both countries have noticed cracks in the US-EU relationship.

The 2020 Chicago Council on Global Affairs-University of Texas at Austin survey explores to what extent Democratic, Republican, and Independent foreign policy professionals support Biden’s international agenda.

As the United States and China compete for influence in the region, two experts weigh in on what Africans would like to see from each potential partner moving forward.

In deciding when and how quickly to relax restrictions, leaders should not underestimate the American public’s forbearance for remaining indoors.

Weekly analysis of public opinion as governments around the world impose increasing restrictions and the number of active cases surges.

While the public thinks Putin’s foreign policies have improved Moscow’s international influence and the state of the Russian military, fewer now say they have boosted their country’s image abroad.

While American usage and reliance on online platforms continue to increase every day, anxiety about data privacy and unfavorable opinions about social media firms remain very high.

The 2017 Chicago Council Survey found that while the American public supports sanctions against North Korea, they don't support overt military action.

Populations around the world remain divided over how comfortable they are returning to normal life as the Delta variant spreads.

Our weekly round up of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?

Although data shows South Koreans remain uncomfortable with homosexuality, recent trends show an increase in acceptance.

While some areas of the world continue to see population growth—many countries in Africa, for example—fertility rates are falling everywhere else. What does that mean for geopolitics?

In some countries the year of the pandemic is coming to a close, with successful vaccination campaigns providing an exit from pandemic restrictions. But that’s not the case everywhere.

Millennials and Gen Z are less confident in the effectiveness and utility of nuclear weapons than Boomers and Gen X.

In countries that favor a negotiated end to the conflict, support for specific policy measures that aid Ukraine has fallen.

The Abraham Accords didn't provoke a reaction among many Arab states. Why?

Polling finds that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have different preferences regarding a solution to the conflict with Israel.

2021 Chicago Council Survey data show that a majority of Americans hold favorable views of South Korea and would support defending the country from a North Korean attack.

US sanctions on Latin American countries have exacerbated the worsening economic and political conditions behind the current migrant surge.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides updates on public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic from the US, Japan, South Korea, France, and the UK.

Polls show an American public deeply divided along partisan lines in their interpretation of the events, who is to blame, and what should be done as a result. 

Updates on public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic from the US, Japan, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Germany, and Mexico.

Some countries, now awash in vaccines, are looking abroad to help other countries combat the pandemic. For those with slower rollouts, the fight against the pandemic continues.

Recent surveys show that a majority of Americans sympathize with the protests occurring across the country since the death of George Floyd.

Data from the 2019 Chicago Council Survey revealed that certain issues which once divided those living in cities, suburbs, or the country have become sources of agreement

A large majority of Democrats consider racial inequality a critical threat to the country, while Republicans consider it a relatively low-level threat.

While Americans support federal spending on education, healthcare, and Social Security, there partisan divides on other key issues.

A new experiment by researchers from the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs finds that policy experts care about formal alliances. But even alliance relationships have limits.

Results from the 2017 Chicago Council survey suggest that Republicans tend to doubt that trade agreements are a win-win for all parties involved, and their critical views of NAFTA reflect that suspicion.

As the Christmas holidays approach, we review both key and controversial topics in current politics

Chicago Council and Asan Institute surveys conducted in 2019 find that both South Koreans and Americans see a strengthened US-ROK alliance as an asset in dealing with China, suggesting that Washington and Seoul can afford to strengthen coordination

Although cases have declined significantly in Europe, the United States, and much of East Asia, the pandemic remains a major threat in South America, India, and several other nations around the world.

Outbreaks continue to emerge even as vaccinations increase; some countries feel safe to engage in more normal activities while others introduce new restrictions.

Minorities show greater support toward international trade than whites, which is puzzling in part because minorities are more likely to experience unemployment.

As Russia and China grow closer through economic ties, a joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Levada Analytical Center survey finds that the Russian public sees little downside to the growing bilateral relationship.