January 13, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik via AP, Download Report (PDF), The public shares the Kremlin's dim view of Western powers and wants to boost cooperation with BRICS members., In the last decade, Russian President Vladimi...

October 2, 2017, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2017 Chicago Council Survey, conducted roughly six months into the Trump administration, tested the appeal of "America First" ideas a...

January 3, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Phillip Meng, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?, Key Findings, American views of Russia and China have hit r...

February 16, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Republicans with a very favorable view of the former president seem to prefer a US role that is more independent and less cooperative., For the first time in the nearly 50-year his...

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May 17, 2016, RESEARCH Report by Aisha Sethi, UNHCR, Download Report (PDF), The report examines two important locales experienced by refugees: permanent camp settings, such as in Za’atari, Jordan, and transitory arrival centers, such as in Lampedusa, Italy., The world’s refugee population cur...