Journalists from some of the world’s leading media outlets join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss Russian bounties on US soldiers, what’s next for Hong Kong, and US isolation as travel bans exclude Americans.

July 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , AJ Caughey , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Russian young adults have a more positive economic and political outlook than their American counterparts, yet both youth populati...

March 26, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), While the public thinks Putin’s foreign policies have improved Moscow’s international influence and the state of the Russian military, fewer no...

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February 28, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Mahmoud Illean/AP, Download Report (PDF), But they are becoming increasingly polarized across partisan groups, particularly among Democrats., As Israel’s strongest ally, top trading partner, and largest supplier o...

The officers and directors of the Board at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

April 10, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sam Dong , Lama El Baz , and Dina Smeltz, Dmitry Serebryakov / AP, Download Report (PDF), At the same time, a plurality feel they are entitled to more., In a contentious meeting on February 28, US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance...

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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.