On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, new polling finds that Americans still see international terrorism as a critical threat.

Over half of Americans are in favor of permanently changing laws to allow everyone to vote by mail, but there are partisan divides between Republicans and Democrats.

Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm discuss President Biden's extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

February 18, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm, REUTERS, New survey data shows a partisan divide on what Americans believe is the greatest threat to the United States: Democrats rank violent white nationalist groups the highest, while Republicans list China as t...

Concern for the state of the planet spans generations, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Thirty years after the end of the cold war, Americans are divided on whether to maintain or withdraw US military troops in Germany.

A comparison of two recent polls finds some similarities—and some significant differences—in how international relations scholars and the American public want to approach China.

August 18, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), The 2022 Chicago Council Survey finds broad support for taking in Afghan refugees but not for releasing frozen funds to the Taliban., A year after the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, and 21 ...

February 2, 2015, RESEARCH Report by Ivo H. Daalder , Michèle Flournoy , John Herbst , Jan Lodal , Steven Pifer , James Stavridis , Strobe Talbott , and Charles Wald, Jennifer Boyer, Download Report (PDF), This report offers recommendations to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses to deter further Rus...

January 10, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Topline (PDF), American public opinion toward Japan has never been warmer, Council data show., Key Findings, Two-thirds of Americans (67%) support long-term US bases in Japan, an all-time high in Chicago Council S...