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It's been a busy 2021. Recap the year with the survey team's analyses of public opinion on the most critical issues at home and around the world.

Reflect on the year with highlights from the Council's public opinion research and analysis.

A new Chicago Council-Levada poll reveals the Russian public appears to be buying Putin's explanation for "military operation" in Ukraine.

Why are Ukrainians receiving a warmer welcome from the American public than past refugee groups?

A survey that examines the divide between foreign policy experts and the public.

In the United States, Democrats and Republicans remain at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of prioritizing climate change.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit aroused Beijing’s ire—but more important may be the long-term trends in Taiwanese attitudes. 

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

More Americans consider issues like weakening democracy and political polarization to be critical threats to the United States than foreign adversaries.

Polling conducted in July for the 2021 Chicago Council Survey found seven out of ten Americans supported the withdrawal of US combat forces from Afghanistan by September 11.

But most oppose sending US troops to the island should China invade.

Washington has started selling arms that serve a "porcupine" defense strategy to Taiwan. Whether Taipei fully embraces this new approach remains to be seen.

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.

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.

Chicago Council Survey data reveals growing concern across party lines about China's economic and military power.

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

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

Asian, Hispanic, and Black Americans are more likely to view climate change as a threat than Americans as a whole, data show.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post explains how the Trump administration’s objections to the WTO don’t match those of the American public.

A 2015 survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs finds partisan gap on immigration issues, driven by Democrats' shift, is widest yet.

Consensus on how long to provide economic and military aid to Ukraine appears to be weakening as the war enters its tenth month.

New America's Sascha Haselmayer presents a strategic vision for city procurement.

A majority of the US public continues to back current military and financial aid to Kyiv, recent polls find.

The 2019 Chicago Council Survey finds that support for South Korea as an ally remains high and bipartisan

This joint report examines the public opinion of changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific, including mutual concerns and competing visions, in order to make better-informed policy decisions.

As recent polling data shows, most Americans have a positive opinion of free trade but are concerned about the threat of trade on job security.

There is general agreement in urban, suburban, and rural communities on the economy and climate change, but there’s a difference of opinion on immigration.

How are soaring costs affecting lives and testing political support for sanctions on Russia?

American, Japanese, and South Korean publics see China as a more of a threat than a partner. Trilateral cooperation will be key to managing China's rise.

Richard Wike joins the Council's Dina Smeltz and Brian Hanson to examine the current global perception of American foreign policy.

More so than any other racial or ethnic group, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Americans want the United States to play an active part in global affairs.

While President Trump has promised a vaccine before November, many are skeptical that a vaccine can safely be developed in such a short span of time.

Republicans with a somewhat favorable or unfavorable view of the former president are more likely to say US assistance to Kyiv has been worth the cost.

In 2013, Americans’ overall views of Mexico are at their lowest point ever in Chicago Council Surveys dating back to 1994.

After weeks of fierce campaigning, not much changed after Canada's snap election. What can the Trudeau government accomplish in a third term when it comes to foreign policy?

Public support for the 2021 infrastructure bill breaks across party lines and may miss the connection to US competitiveness.

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.

The public is more concerned about national security than promoting human rights and democracy abroad, Council polling shows.

While understandable, the mood of pessimism around COP27 obscures progress toward net zero and can be dangerously self-fulfilling, argues Chris Morris.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of the US-China trade relationship, and narrow majorities support increased restrictions on both trade and technological exchanges.

Although reducing energy dependence remains a top priority among Americans, a debate over energy production versus environmental protection is gaining traction.