The US capture of Venezuela’s Maduro echoed intents outlined by Trump in the 2025 National Security Strategy. While the action might have appealed to his Republican base, the strategy’s principles are mostly out of step with US public opinion on America’s engagement in the world.

November 17, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Louise Delmotte / AP, Download Report (PDF), Still, the US public prefers to maintain the status quo across the Taiwan Strait rather than risk military confrontation with Beijing., Since the United States formally recognized the P...

March 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although a plurality of young Russians say they are anxious about Russia’s political future, few vote or participate political...

Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.

We all share in the cost of lower education, reduced labor productivity, and escalating health care costs.

This, in turn, has led to an emerging debate in the United States and internationally ... emerges, with both pub- lic and leaders supporting some and opposing others ... tion—especially nuclear weapons—another state that believes it is threatened by this emerging

July 23, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Ted Shaffrey / AP, Download Report (PDF), While still forming their views on these technologies, more say they are concerned about the potential risks than excited about the opportunities., In the span of just a few yea...

Neither then-President Barack Obama nor key congressional leaders who were informed ... Media reports indicated that IC leaders quietly sought earlier this year to ... impact on judgments about the IC’s effectiveness, a significant disparity emerged

A new, ambitious plan has emerged with a time horizon through 2020 that hopes ... Opposition from the community may emerge if the public has not been engaged ... also “Waterfront Revitalization in Port Cities: Risks and Opportunities for Emerging