While moderate Democrats are more supportive of funding the military, liberals are more willing to deploy troops to defend allies, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Asian Americans are far more likely to support US intervention on behalf of Taipei in the case of a Chinese invasion.

Sixty-one percent of the US public is uneasy with only the president having the power to authorize the use of nuclear weapons.

Summits, like this week’s between Trump and Xi, are never cost-free.

Prospects for positive breakthroughs and stabilization of the US-China relationship will remain limited as long as the two sides are focused more on maneuvering for advantage than on working to define the concept.

The new strategy "suggests a very geographically grounded way of thinking about defense," former US Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks told the Council. She explains what it could mean for China, the war in Ukraine, and US alliances—and what comes next.

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