Not all Republicans share President Trump's "America First" policies. Council expert Dina Smeltz explains where "Trump Republicans" and "Non-Trump Republicans" differ.

June 27, 2022

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.

MAY 6, 2019, Despite tensions between the United States and Mexico sparked from the Trump administration’s push to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), along with the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs, Mexicans and Americans largely agree on the benefits and impor...

November 21, 2024

November 4, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Stepan Goncharov , and Lily Wojtowicz, Download Report (PDF), Polling data shows that although Americans believe that Russia is acting to contain US power, the US public favors cooperation and engagement rather than containing Russ...

July 6, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Dina Smeltz, Frode Overland Andersen, Download Report (PDF), The 2016 Chicago Council Survey shows 75 percent of Americans support either maintaining or increasing the United States' commitment to NATO., Americans View NATO as Essen...

October 19, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Gregory Holyk, Scout Tufankjian, Download Report (PDF), The Council examines public opinion on key foreign policy topics that will be covered in the third and final 2012 Presidential debate., Key Findings , Foreign policy will t...

July 18, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Reuters, With the fighting in Syria, the American public said they would support US participation to enforce sanctions and a no-fly zone in Syria., Summary, With the fighting in Syria escalating into Damascus, there is still no consens...