Geographically targeted economic development strategies can serve as an antidote to political extremism in formerly industrial regions.

Carnegie nuclear policy senior fellow Ankit Panda discusses recent nuclear saber-rattling by Russia and North Korea and whether the risk of nuclear conflict is growing.

September 12, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, American feelings toward Russia and China are lower than during the Cold War, Council polling shows., Key Findings, On a 0-100 scale, American feelings toward both Russia (22) and China (32) are at the lowest levels ever ...

April 14, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Denis Volkov, Leo Correa / AP, Download Report (PDF), After a decade of involvement in Syria, some Russians are eager to withdraw their forces from the country., The formation of a new transitional government after the ouster of f...

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Sam Dong , Craig Kafura , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Pavel Bednyakov / AP, Download Report (PDF), Other neighboring countries, including Japan, India, the Philippines, and Vietnam, are viewed less favorably., New research conduc...

Young Russians may be more likely than their elders to give Israel the benefit of the doubt in its conflict with Hamas.

Atrocities against civilians in Sudan are once again rising, and now the White House is pushing for a ceasefire. Martin Griffiths explains what’s really at stake.  

February 24, 2023 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

May 8, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Explore US-Russia survey research between 2021 and 2025., Introduction, Since 2017, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Center have jointly conducted opinion surveys in both the Uni...