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Results of the 2020 Chicago Council Survey reveal a striking divide between Democrats and Republicans on the critical threats facing the country.

“There’s a growing risk that the United States and Germany are headed for a collision over China,” warns Council President Ivo Daalder.

"The only viable exit ramp is substantive diplomacy aimed at deescalation, mutual understanding, and incremental attention to each other’s core concerns," Paul Heer writes.

The Council’s 2019 Survey establishes that retreating, relinquishing leadership, and abandoning alliances is not what the American public has in mind.

In allowing Huawei to bid for Germany's 5G development, Merkel has departed from broader European strategy.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains the “China gap” in American public opinion despite consensus among foreign policy experts.

But partisan divisions over using US troops to defend allies in Europe and Asia are growing.

Both Millennials and Gen Z are more hesitant than their elders to endorse military approaches to foreign policy.

Over the past 12 months, our pollsters tracked public attitudes on everything from the war in Ukraine to conflict in the Middle East.

The strategy debate has serious implications for both Taipei and, by association, the United States, argues Ethan Kessler.

Trade will remain a key arena of great power competition between the US and China, Paul Poast writes.

The US public views the Japan alliance as a significant national security benefit as concerns about China grow.

The US strategy toward Africa today is neither effective nor sustainable. It’s time to flip the script.

With the holiday celebrations behind us, here is a quick recap of some of the stats that defined the past twelve months of programming at the Council.

Paul Heer discusses US-China relations.

The Port of Darwin shows the potential of China's Belt and Road Initiative as social infrastructure, but also the challenges in materializing its benefits.

Through infrastructure investments, economic integration, and green and digital transitions, the EU's Global Gateway will shape Africa and its cities as new hubs for development.

We look at where foreign policy professionals and the American public align—and diverge—as Joe Biden takes office.

The Council’s 2018 survey indicates that Americans support US engagement in world affairs, the largest majority since 1974—aside from after Sept. 11, 2001.

Western outreach to the Global South should not reject China, but rather focus on the rules of the liberal, capitalist system that the US and China thrive in.