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September 16, 2010, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton , Rachel Bronson , Gregory Holyk , Catherine Hug , Steven Kull , Benjamin I. Page , Silvia Veltcheva , and Thomas Wright, Jon Sailer, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2010 Chicago Council Survey shows that Amer...

“I had never seen the Middle East as chaotic, as dangerous, as spiraling out of control as it is today.” Fawaz Gerges on why he believes the region is entering a much more dangerous phase.

May 12, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Download Report (PDF), But Republicans stand in stark contrast, favoring the Trump administration’s actions in Iran., The US-Israeli war against Iran remains at a stalemate after US President Donald ...

June 27, 2019

JANUARY 22, 2015 | CHICAGO, IL, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs is ranked as the #9 “Think Tank to Watch” in the world by The University of Pennsylvania’s Global Go To Think Tank Index released today. This is up two places from last year’s list, when the Council debuted for the fi...

April 29, 2013, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Christian Frausto Bernal, Download Report (PDF), In May 2013, Americans' overall views of Mexico were at their lowest point ever in Chicago Council Survey history, and relatively few Americans are aware that Mexico is...

Private, invite-only meetings for senior leadership at corporate partner companies to discuss timely, business-relevant topics peer-to-peer with other corporate leaders in the Council’s network.

Chicago recently launched a citywide composting initiative to divert food waste from landfills and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions — something other global cities have been tackling for years.