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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.

Seven in 10 say the security relationship with Seoul does more to strengthen US national security than weaken it.

Results from a Chicago Council survey show that more Americans think the January 3 drone strike that killed Quasem Soleimani has made the United States less safe.

While younger Americans are most concerned about climate change, pluralities of each generation are ready to take action to prevent it.

While many in the West see the outcome of the war as determined by military action and shifts in battlefield positions, in Ukraine, long term integration with the West is the most important goal.

The public also remains in favor of maintaining long-term military bases abroad.

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

Young Russians may be more likely than their elders to give Israel the benefit of the doubt in its conflict with Hamas.