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Research Associate Ethan Kessler explains the benefits and drawbacks of what’s become a major US foreign policy tool.

2021 Chicago Council Survey data show a majority of Americans support a range of US policies towards Taiwan: recognition as an independent country, inclusion in international organizations, and a US-Taiwan free trade agreement.

While some areas of the world continue to see population growth—many countries in Africa, for example—fertility rates are falling everywhere else. What does that mean for geopolitics?

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.

While the US public believes trade is good for the economy, it does favors some restrictions—especially on goods such as semiconductors.

But public opinion is sharply divided along partisan lines, 2022 Chicago Council Survey data finds.

The public generally does not see current US trade policies toward China as benefiting Americans.

New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.

One year later, Americans remain divided over what happened on January 6, 2021. But they're united in concerns about future political violence.