James M. Lindsay of the Council on Foreign Relations joins the Council's Dina Smeltz to discuss the findings of the newly released 2019 Chicago Council Survey on how Americans view US foreign policy.

February 6, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Jordan Tama , and Joshua Busby, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Across party lines, however, opinion leaders oppose sending US troops to Taiwan to aid Taipei's defense should China invade., As Donald Tr...

Millennial and Generation Z Americans have come of age during a time of technological change, economic upheaval, and strategic overreach.

December 10, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Debi Jin , Christina Chen , and Kuan-chen Lee, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Americans and Taiwanese see US power as superior to Beijing’s, and China’s rise as a major threat to both countries. Yet Americans r...

March 3, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Lama El Baz, Mohsen Ganji / AP, Download Report (PDF), While few Americans want to see Iran develop a nuclear weapon, just half expressed support for US airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities—and most beli...

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Partisanship has become a major factor in foreign policy attitudes in Chicago Council Surveys; not so long-ago opinions on foreign policy seemed immune to partisan impulses.