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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores the free-falling relations between Japan and South Korea.

While China might be losing friends in many countries, it still has the support of the Russian public.

Survey data from several surveys in China show that the Chinese people are largely satisfied with their country's response to the pandemic.

The ramifications of Brexit are unfolding in Northern Ireland. As a result, historical, political, and religious divides are increasingly felt in debates over the future of the country's border.

This survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs shows public concern about Islamic fundamentalism has increased 15 percent since 2014.

The Council's polling experts examine how American foreign policy experts think of the term "allies," and whether variations in thinking matter for US foreign policy decisions.

As China tightens security in Hong Kong, many American businesses consider retreat and relocalization

A survey of American foreign policy experts paints a portrait of a declining Russia, with its broad influence deteriorating as China’s influence rises.

Brendan Helm examines tech firms' actions in the wake of cybersecurity failures.

Businesses in the center of the value chain are crucial to the food system, and these intermediary links are under threat from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Public opinion signals the conflict is in dire need of stronger leadership and more practical policies.

New polling reveals that little has changed in terms of South Korean attitudes towards the US-South Korea military alliance.

Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm analyze a survey of American experts on Russia about opinions on the country's relations with China and India.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura explains Japans Coronavirus Measures.

This book, meant for students in American foreign policy, gives a broad introduction to a wide range of domestic factors that influence US policymakers.

Captive Society surveys the Basij's history, structure, and sociology, as well as its influence on Iranian society, its economy, and its educational system.

A University of Texas polling project from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs found Americans consider the work of the intelligence community.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey signals the US-Russian relationship is challenged by communication, media coverage, and the countries’ presidents.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey of South Korean attitudes towards the United States was conducted in December 2019 in South Korea.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explores how the American public seems to be of two minds when it comes to military involvement in Afghanistan.

The Council’s Katelyn Jones examines women in science and the gender dimensions of agriculture.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates majorities among Mexican and US publics believe that NAFTA has been good for their respective economies.

Survey data shows that Russians are more likely than Americans to say that their nation's government handled the coronavirus pandemic effectively.

As the United States and Iran work on a path back to the Iran nuclear deal, what do Americans and Iranians think about the agreement?

Survey results show that American and Mexican governments have some challenges in order to shift public attention to North American trade and energy cooperation.

The Council’s Dina Smeltz explains why Palestinian and Israeli public opinion on a two state solution has reached a new low.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains why global leaders project Nigeria to be a major global economic hub.

The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.The pandemic's impact on agriculture will be significant and long-lasting.

After three years of negotiations, the United Kingdom remains divided on how to tackle Brexit.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates the US and Japan have mutually positive views of each other’s leadership efforts.

Majorities of South Koreans cite low birthrates in South Korea and North Korea’s nuclear program as larger threats than China's economic or military power.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates Americans view Japan as a close and trusted ally.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey, a majority of Americans expressed support for a joint airstrike against Syria.

Feed the Future’s Janet Fierro examines how COVID-19 and the global food crisis affect the land grant model.

In 2013, a majority of Americans support some variation of immigration reform, but many have bias against Mexican immigrants.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates a majority of Americans across the political spectrum encourage energy independence.

"The 2021 Chicago Council Survey finds that a narrow majority of Americans support some sort of boycott of this year’s Beijing Olympics,” Craig Kafura tells WTTW.

In this survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Americans say that Middle East is the focus for US national security.

Trump's historical victory shows that elections have more to do with identity politics than with traditional criteria used to judge political candidates.

"Right now, I think Russia represents the bigger threat. China represents the bigger long-term competition," says Council President Ivo Daalder, discussing the 2022 Chicago Council Survey.