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The public supports US participation in the Paris climate agreement, the Iran nuclear deal, and more.

Balancing power or increasing risk? Deep Dish explores what a multilateral defense pact for Asia might mean.

Every Friday, Ivo Daalder talks with reporters from some of the world’s leading media outlets to get their perspectives on emerging global stories and how they might unfold.

While the public believes nuclear weapons are an effective tool in deterring aggression, less than half say they make the country more secure.

2015 Chicago Council Survey data show that Americans favor lifting the trade embargo on Cuba and believe the changes will benefit both countries.

This report indicates that the American public does not yet see China as an urgent threat to national security.

A joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs and IranPoll survey results show that although Iranian and American public support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has waned over time, there is still sizable backing for it in both countries.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Bobby Ghosh, and Elise Labott join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

And the ideological split between parties continues to widen, new Council polling shows.