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March 5, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Joshua Busby , Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Jordan Tama , Jonathan Monten , Joshua D. Kertzer , and Brendan Helm, Reuters, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), We examine the attitudes of foreign policy opinion leaders and the public in the T...

June 30, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Virginia Mayo / AP, Download Report (PDF), A new Chicago Council survey finds bipartisan majorities support the NATO alliance, including US troop deployments in Germany and Poland., At the 2026 NATO Summit, allies are expected to focus...

July 6, 2026

Despite its small size, Qatar has historically played an outsize role in negotiating with organizations or countries that the U.S. doesn’t have relations with.

Stefan Kornelius, Carla Robins, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

September 8, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Coinciding with the rise of the Islamic State, public concern about Islamic fundamentalism as a critical threat is rated at 55 percent, the highest level since 2002 survey results., Key Findings, Ame...

October 19, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Gregory Holyk, Scout Tufankjian, Download Report (PDF), The Council examines public opinion on key foreign policy topics that will be covered in the third and final 2012 Presidential debate., Key Findings , Foreign policy will t...

Author and former White House Middle East advisor and expert Philip Gordon joins Deep Dish to explain regime change in Middle East policy.

Former US envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, joins Deep Dish to explain what is going on in Sudan and why it matters.