In 2022, there were about 170,000 troops stationed outside of the U.S. and its territories, according to the Department of Defense. As of June 2023, there were over 30,000 troops stationed in the Middle East alone, before America expanded its military presence following Hamas' attack on Israel i...

The land grant model must adapt to address the needs of society. Among the most critical of these needs is one of the most basic; the need for food security.

February 11, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm, Michael Dziedzic, Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm analyze new public opinion data showing there is partisan agreement on how best to respond to the recent Russian hack., The Biden administration has ordered a broad as...

June 25, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Trevor Thrall , Dina Smeltz , Erik Goepner , William Ruger , and Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This Chicago Council on Global Affairs report reveals generations share opinions about international threats and foreign policy goals., I...

Fifty years ago, US President Richard Nixon traveled to China and established the basis for a normalization of relations between the two powers. Are we due for another transformation?

Overall, Americans say the status quo between Israelis and Palestinians is unacceptable.

Black Americans are supportive of aid to Ukraine, but less likely than other Americans to back an open-ended support of Kyiv “for as long as it takes.”

August 15, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Kelhan Martin, Marc Veraart, Download Report (PDF), Survey data shows that while Americans favor military action against violent extremist groups, they are less supportive of US involvement in Syria., Two million ...

August 26, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show a majority of Americans support a range of US policies towards Taiwan: recognition as an independent country, inclusion in international organizat...

Can an administration that up to this point has been belligerent towards traditional US democratic allies and has rejected many forms of multilateralism be able to turn the page and shift from "America First" to "American Led"?