Our biweekly newsletter offers context and expert analysis about major foreign policy issues facing the world today.

October 29, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Emily Sullivan , and Colin Wolff, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), As President Biden heads to the UN Climate Change Conference, he will grapple with significant divides in domestic public opinion., On October 31, world leaders and ...

October 22, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Karl Friedhoff, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Half favor using US forces to defend South Korea if invaded by North Korea, down from 55 percent in 2022., As the United States and South Korea mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance, they c...

While framing climate change as a national security threat isn’t new, recent reports argue when it comes to security planning, climate is the central concern, not a peripheral issue.

September 13, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Michael J. Green, Steven Diaz, Download Report (PDF), The 2012 Chicago Council Survey on American public opinion and US foreign policy provides important context for thinking about the future of the US-Japan alliance., Key Findings, These are ...

Recent data shows Americans prefer diplomatic options first, but there is also record support for defending Ukraine. 

The Chicago Council Survey team provides updates on public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic from the US, Japan, South Korea, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Germany, and Mexico.

Explore Section  Close , The Council has conducted surveys of US foreign policy opinion leaders beginning in 1978. Run in parallel to the Council’s annual survey of the public and in collaboration with several of the Council’s nonresident fellows, the opinion leaders survey is conducted...

April 15, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Karl Friedhoff, The White House, Craig Kafura and Karl Friedhoff analyze findings of a recent poll examining American public opinion on US relations with Japan., Prime Minister Suga will be the first foreign leader to meet with Pr...

While Trump has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "true friend" and extolled the world’s largest democracy, are Americans equally as enthusiastic about the US-India relationship?