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“The only way to prevent that military threat from coming to fruition is for the alliance to be unified,” Council President Ivo Daalder tells PBS Newshour.

In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

And bipartisan majorities of Americans support admitting new members to the alliance, Council polling shows.

As US President Joe Biden hosts Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for a state visit, here’s what to know about US attitudes toward the alliance.

Large majorities of Democratic and Independent foreign policy elites say they are more concerned about internal threats than external ones.

Half favor using US forces to defend South Korea if invaded by North Korea, down from 55 percent in 2022. 

Russian young adults have a more positive economic and political outlook than their American counterparts, yet both youth populations think equally about emigrating.

Cyber theft has cost the US economy billions of dollars and has resulted in the loss of millions of jobs. The government is now being pressured to develop more comprehensive cybersecurity regulations.