December 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , Jordan Tama , and Joshua Busby, Virginia Mayo / AP, Download Report (PDF), Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s aversion to alliances, foreign policy professionals across the American political spe...

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...

July 25, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF), Survey data shows Sanders supporters are concerned about global overreach and that it comes at the expense of the economy and general quality of life., Already the theme for th...

September 22, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Ted Shaffrey / AP, Download Report (PDF), But partisan divisions on strengthening the institution have reached a new 50-year high., As the United Nations reaches its 80th anniversary this year, the spirit of cooperation and multi...

February 10, 2021, RESEARCH Report by Ivo H. Daalder , Chuck Hagel , Malcolm Rifkind , and Kevin Rudd, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), A task force, cochaired by Chuck Hagel, Malcolm Rifkind, and Kevin Rudd with Ivo Daalder, argues that fraying American alliances and a rapidly changing security e...

March 18, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lily Wojtowicz and Dina Smeltz, Eurasian Women's Forum, Download Report (PDF), Findings from a binational survey show that Americans and Russians would like to see the two countries negotiate a nuclear agreement., Introduction, Findings from a new...

September 14, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Topline (PDF), And bipartisan majorities of Americans support admitting new members to the alliance, Council polling shows., Key Findings, Eighty-one percent of Americans say the United States should maintain (6...

Council surveys find that younger Americans are still forming their views on Taiwan and US-Taiwan relations.

Hailed as a way to reduce traffic and pollution and to improve city transit systems, cordon pricing exists in several cities around the world. Could it work in Chicago?

Independents who lean toward neither party could play a decisive role in the 2024 presidential election.