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Unlike their elders, young Americans don’t buy into US exceptionalism and are divided on whether the United States should play an active role or stay out of world affairs.

2015 Chicago Council Survey results demonstrate the American public remains committed to engagement in the world.

But Republicans and Democrats are sharply divided when it comes to immigration levels.

In his first speech as National Security Advisor, Bolton threatened to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, bar them from traveling to the US, and use US courts to prosecute them.

Robert Ford and Tamara Cofman Wittes join the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Deep Dish podcast to dissect the Trump administration’s withdrawal from Syria.

After ten months of Biden in office, new public opinion data show Americans support most, but not all, of his foreign policy strategy.

A new experiment by researchers from the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs finds that policy experts care about formal alliances. But even alliance relationships have limits.

Despite public divisions over US aid to Ukraine, support for taking in those fleeing the Russian invasion remains unchanged since March.

The recent ICC arrest warrant for Putin has sparked global attention, but what about the children abducted during conflict?

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

Our weekly roundup the top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Bronwyn Bruton and Paul D. Williams join Deep Dish this week to explain what the United States is doing in Somalia and why al Shabaab is a target.

How can the US confront human rights abuses in China, without robbing athletes of the opportunity to compete on the world stage?

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.

Inside Russia, Putin is tightly controlling the narrative around his war in Ukraine. But externally, Russia's disinformation prowess is faltering. Here's why.