JANUARY 24, 2019, American political leaders are searching for a compromise to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, sparked by a debate over funding for a border wall. According to a new report by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, support for expanding the border wall and f...

March 28, 2019

Although the Biden administration has taken steps to address climate change, US policymakers and elites are split on the issue's threat level.

November 30, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, NASA, Download Report (PDF), In 2015, for the first time in Chicago Council Survey history, a majority of Democrats say that climate change requires immediate action and are three times more likely than Republicans...

April 28, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Dina Smeltz discusses survey data reflecting Japanese opinion on US-China relations., Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was the first foreign leader to meet face to face with US President Joe Biden earlier this month, signaling a...

January 23, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Results of a Chicago Council Survey find that more Americans think the January 3 drone strike that killed Iranian Quds Force Commander Quasem Soleimani has made the United States les...

In his first speech as National Security Advisor, Bolton threatened to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, bar them from traveling to the US, and use US courts to prosecute them.

Polling finds that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have different preferences regarding a solution to the conflict with Israel.