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Results from the 2012 Council Survey find that nearly seven in 10 Americans think the war in Afghanistan has not been worth the cost.

Findings from a new US-Russia binational survey reveal that publics in both countries have noticed cracks in the US-EU relationship.

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.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides updates on public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic from the US, Japan, South Korea, France, and the UK.

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

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

Find out how this Eastern European poster child for democracy backslid into autocracy, and what lessons it holds for the rest of the West.

Agriculture has great potential for carbon offsets, but implementation will be complicated.

Can the world actually move away from fossil fuels?

In a shift from just a month ago, the Japanese public favors tough sanctions on Russia in concert with the US and Europe. 

In this Chicago Council blog Karl Friedhoff explains that a majority of South Koreans oppose accommodating US demands on increased burden sharing support.

Dina Smeltz shares public opinion on the key topics that will be discussed at the first 2020 presidential debate.

Even as the vaccine rollout continues, some nations consider greater restrictions and further lockdowns as case numbers increase.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a domestic push toward alternative energy sources.

While many Russians favor negotiating for peace with Kyiv, they are unwilling to give up any Ukrainian territory seized since 2014. They are, however, more open to a “neutral” status for eastern Ukraine.