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Most Americans see military power and security alliances as an effective way to achieve foreign policy goals, but differences emerge about when to deploy troops.

A survey shows more Americans now oppose expanding the US-Mexico border wall since last asked in 2016.

The war in Ukraine has shifted public opinion toward energy independence, renewable power, and nuclear energy.

With all eyes on Ukraine, it is unclear if a seventh North Korean nuclear test will really register with the American public.

Survey data shows Sanders supporters are concerned about global overreach and that it comes at the expense of the economy and general quality of life.

The 54-percentage-point gap between Democrat and Republican views on climate change is the largest in the 2020 Chicago Council Survey.

Despite public divisions over US aid to Ukraine, support for taking in those fleeing the Russian invasion remains unchanged since March.

This report indicates that the American public does not yet see China as an urgent threat to national security.

While Americans broadly support upper age limits for federal elected officials, age is not their top consideration when choosing a candidate.

This Thanksgiving, the Council survey team is serving up tables of data on turkey, pies, and politics.

Council surveys find that younger Americans are still forming their views on Taiwan and US-Taiwan relations.

The 2020 Chicago Council Survey illuminates how self-described Democrats and Republicans feel about key presidential debate issues.

Surveys from the Chicago Council and the Levada Analytical Center show that Russians are generally indifferent to Navalny's actions, and more suspect that he staged his own poisoning or it was a "provocation from the West" than believe the Russia

Check out the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

In the event of Iran developing nuclear weapons, the US public wants to tighten economic sanctions, and most support a return to the JCPOA.

Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura analyze survey data showing that for the first time in nearly two decades, a majority of Americans describe the development of China as a world power as a critical threat to the United States.

Thirty years after the end of the cold war, Americans are divided on whether to maintain or withdraw US military troops in Germany.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores how recent polling finds that Americans have a more negative view on China than ever before.

Republicans see immigration as a critical threat to the country, say restricting immigration makes the US safer, and support using US troops to stop migrants from crossing into the United States. Democrats, on the other hand, do not consider

Nationwide surveys conducted by IranPoll show that although Iranians say their country should not develop nuclear weapons, they have lost confidence in the nuclear agreement.