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Regardless of changes in US administration or China's power, the Japanese government must support the region’s continued prosperity.

For the first time since the question was first asked in the 1994 Chicago Council Survey, more Americans say that Asia is more important to the US than Europe.

Does a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics have public support among countries doing so? Data show modest support—and skepticism.

While a majority continue to express support for the war and more now sense the military operation has been successful, the Russian public is divided on whether it has led to more positive or negative consequences.

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

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

As the coronavirus pandemic begins to quickly spread across the globe, Council experts assess public opinion around the virus and its impact.

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.

For the first time, a majority of Republicans think the United States should stay out of world affairs.