Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Ryan Heath, and Stefan Kornelius join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Vinjamuri, who comes to the Council from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, known as Chatham House, in London, succeeds Ivo Daalder on July 1, 2025.

June 23, 2023

Council Public Opinion Intern Charlie Rahr examines the United States' international allies' opinions on the 2020 US Presidential election results.

This blog is about Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko and how he remains Belarus' leader, earning him the moniker of the "last dictator in Europe."

March 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although a plurality of young Russians say they are anxious about Russia’s political future, few vote or participate political...

October 12, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), For the first time, a majority of Republicans think the United States should stay out of world affairs., The 2023 Chicago Council Survey, conducted September 7–18, 2023, finds evi...

The Council's America at 250 Global Forum convened high-level policymakers, world-class scholars and experts, business leaders, and influential thought leaders to reflect on America’s past and inform its future.

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Pamela Smith / AP, The public's top priorities: protecting American jobs and preventing the spread of nuclear weapons., With the US presidential election just months away, the 2024 Chicago Council Survey, conducted June 21–July 1,...

January 19, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Republicans with very favorable views of Trump are more likely than other GOP backers to support deportations for undocumented immigrants., While Republicans have been concerned abo...