September 10, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Radek Kucharski, Download Report (PDF), After a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Americans recognize China’s growing influence and Asia’s importance to the US., Key Findings, For the first time since the question was fir...

November 1, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Energy independence is seen as very important bymore Americans than preventing nuclear proliferation, combating international terrorism, and maintaining superior military power worldw...

November 9, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Cole Keister, Download Report (PDF), The Middle East remains the focus of what Americans perceive as the leading threats to US security, including international terrorism, the rise of violent Islamic extremist group...

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.,...

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.

We need to think about an approach to international law's control of the use of force that is true to the moral and power political realities of today's world.

July 18, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Ali Shaker, Download Report (PDF), Although Donald Trump is the clear frontrunner for Republicans, the Chicago Council Survey finds that some key issues are still a challenge for those who supported ...