July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Patrick Semansky / AP, The Council partnered with New America to explore how Americans across backgrounds view key issues facing the world toda...

April 17, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff and Craig Kafura, US Dept. of Agriculture, Download Report (PDF), The American public continues to view Japan favorably. More than 86 percent say that the United States and Japan are mostly partners., Key Findings , Six in ten Amer...

August 3, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sibel Oktay , Paul Poast , Dina Smeltz , and Craig Kafura, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), The Council's polling experts examine how American foreign policy experts think of the term "allies," and whether variations in thinking matter for US forei...

April 30, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities of Democrats and Independents support a potential deal similar to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, but only a minority of Republicans agree., For the fir...

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

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