October 28, 2014, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Michael J. Green, US Dept. of Agriculture, Download Report (PDF), The American public’s foreign policy attitudes demonstrate support for the pivot to Asia and for free trade agreements and sustained forward military presence., Assessment of th...

July 12, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Nearly seven in 10 Americans think the war in Afghanistan has not been worth the cost, and half of Americans believe military action hasn’t made the US safer from the threat of terrorism., Key Findings...

Elizabeth Shackelford joins WGN 9 to explain why it's the right time for the United States to leave Afghanistan after 20 years of conflict.

Arye Carmon, founding president of the Israel Democracy Institute, takes a minute to explain why Israel is holding elections for the third time in a year.

July 23, 2015, RESEARCH Report by Rebecca S. Carson, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), A new report from the Council suggests Midwestern states are unprepared for President Obama's new immigration policies., States in the Midwest are not uniformly prepared to implement immigration policies advanced...

February 14, 2018, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Emma Chanlett-Avery, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This brief analyzes the 2017 ASEAN summit where four of the region's major maritime democracies discussed the revival of quadrilateral cooperation for a free and open Indo-Pacific., At the Association...

Cohort, 2018, Industry, Law, Sector, Public Sector, Previously, Amrith Kaur Aakre was the legal director of the Sikh Coalition, where she coordinated legal and policy initiatives to protect the civil rights of all Americans, create community empowerment, and continue efforts to engage communities...

February 17, 2021, RESEARCH Report, Download Report (PDF), Climate change is wreaking havoc on agriculture and food security both in the US and abroad. In collaboration with the Farm Journal Foundation, the Council provides recommendations that are targeted both domestically and internationally.,...