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This blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explores how the effects from COVID-19 could lead to reduced food production and more food insecurity.

The AUKUS submarine deal was strongly condemned by China and France, but will likely enjoy broad support among US and Australian publics.

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

And the ideological split between parties continues to widen, new Council polling shows.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates that American public is strongly supportive of an alliance with Korea but less supportive of trade ties.

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

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores tensions between these two key US allies in Asia – Japan and South Korea.

Americans want to play an active part in world affairs but are reassessing their foreign policy priorities and how they want to engage with the world.

 In this blog post, we explain the The Agricultural Intelligence Measures Act, or AIM Act, which would protect our agriculture system.

While government officials reaffirm the importance of the US-Saudi relationship, the American public expresses generally chilly feelings towards Saudi Arabia.

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

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.

Republicans with very favorable views of Trump are more likely than other GOP backers to support deportations for undocumented immigrants.

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

Dina Smeltz discusses European opinion of the US post-Trump.

In this blog post from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Jacqueline Hughes discusses the sustainability of food systems.

While Americans favor nuclear energy in general, they are reluctant to developing new nuclear plants.

Public opinion data finds robust support for a domestic nuclear weapons program in South Korea.

Washington and Beijing see themselves locked in a zero-sum competition doubling as an existential ideological struggle, Paul Heer writes.

"It is rarely acknowledged or even considered that Beijing actually shares much of Washington’s vision for the Indo-Pacific," argues Paul Heer in the National Interest.