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Recent surveys reveal that large majorities of both Russians and Americans now view their countries as rivals.

While Americans continue a culture war on the necessity and effectiveness of masks, one-quarter of the South Korean public is ready to wear them indefinitely.

A recent survey among Hong Kong residents shows that they're dissatisfied with the actions of the police and support an independent investigation into the protest's origins and potential police abuse.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, we discuss the decline of President Moon’s approval ratings. 

This blog is about Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko and how he remains Belarus' leader, earning him the moniker of the "last dictator in Europe."

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Brendan Helm, Dina Smeltz, and Arik Burakovsky explain Putin’s 2024 plans.

Should members of the South Korean boy band BTS receive an exemption from mandatory military service?

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.

This report finds that US Latinos prioritize protecting jobs, favor strong leadership abroad, rank terrorism as a critical threat, and support US military superiority.

Brendan Helm discusses President Biden's new sanctions on Moscow and the arrest of Aleksei Navalny.

Results from the 2022 Chicago Council Survey show Americans want to keep supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes, despite inflation concerns at home.

While Americans of all political stripes remain committed to allies and alliances, the public is divided along partisan lines on the value of international organizations.

As Chicago and other global cities increasingly grapple with poor air quality, solutions to the problem vary by location.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores how people in Japan and South Korea agree on primary issues that would improve the countries’ relationship.

Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm find that while experts anticipate changes in the global balance of power in the next 20 years, with China overtaking the United States, they do not expect Russia to come out stronger.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog, we explain public opinion views on COVID-19 for the week of June 3, 2020.

Council surveys find an American public split on the threat of climate change but open to cooperative efforts to limit its effects.

The Kyrgyz community in Chicagoland is small, but its economic footprint is expanding. New Kyrgyz businesses are bridging Illinois and Central Asia.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report documents the progress made towards securing global food availability.

Chicago’s transit system has international fans, and your commuter train might be an international influencer.