Ivo Daalder discusses President Trump's intent to withdraw the United States from NATO.

Survey data show that regardless of when they arrived in the United States, immigrants embrace a shared vision for US foreign policy.

January 28, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , and Sam Dong, Download Report (PDF), Results and analysis of the Council's 2025 annual survey of American views on foreign policy., Chicago Council Survey Dashboard, Explore five decades of American att...

America’s war in Afghanistan may have ended, but its consequences still remain. Ambassador Ryan Crocker unpacks what the US withdrawal told allies and adversaries about American power.

November 12, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Andy Wong / AP, Download Report (PDF), A plurality of Americans—and a majority of Republicans—also say that US leaders are not paying enough attention to US-China competition., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted Septem...

Younger Americans are more confident in US power vis-a-vis China and are more likely to oppose restrictions on scientific and educational exchanges between the two.

August 25, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Emily Sullivan, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), Ahead of Prime Minister Bennett's first visit to Washington, Council data show partisan divides on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, support for a Palestinian state, and more., In re...

July 17, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Heela Rasool-Ayub , Candace Rondeaux , and Christopher Shell, Ed Wray / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities across racial groups want the United States to be a world leader in economic and military strength, democrati...

October 6, 2025, RESEARCH Report by Karl Friedhoff, Rick Bowmer / AP, Download Report (PDF), Washington is already behind in the race to secure critical minerals and rare earth elements. This report presents a path forward., Executive Summary, The race to secure critical minerals (CM) and rare ea...

October 16, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, Ahn Young-joon / AP, Download Report (PDF), Seven in 10 say the security relationship with Seoul does more to strengthen US national security than weaken it., As the 2024 presidential election nears, the American public is being ...