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

Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward.

The 1998 Chicago Council Survey results reflect a "guarded engagement" by a largely satisfied superpower.

The inaugural Chicago Council Survey was conducted in December 1974 to seek and understand the views of the public and national leaders on a series of international questions.

Russians and Americans seem to sense a global alignment of democracies versus autocracies, and both publics fear a nuclear exchange.

The 1979 Chicago Council Survey found that the American people and leaders were interested in maintaining international involvement but were also concerned about hedging and restraining foreign commitments.

The ice is melting, and the stakes are rising as the world’s global powers are racing to assert their claim. Is a new Cold War unfolding in the Arctic?