May 30, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Alaina Harkness, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), This paper explores how city leaders can use economic power to narrow the gap in wealth and opportunity., Introduction, Research shows that intergenerational mobility—the “American dream” shared by most ...

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October 2, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , and Lily Wojtowicz, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2018 Chicago Council Survey indicates that Americans now supported active US engagement in world affairs, the larges...

As a Trump-Putin meeting is scrapped and NATO scrambles to steady transatlantic ties, the limits of personal diplomacy and the stakes for Ukraine are coming into sharper focus.

February 15, 1994, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by John E. Rielly , Arthur Cyr , Catherine Hug , Benjamin I. Page , Bernard Roshco , and Trevor Tompson, The White House, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 1994 Chicago Council survey indicates that American attitudes at both public a...

Reports that Xi will forgo addressing the United Nations General Assembly ahead of his meeting with Trump in Washington raise uncomfortable questions about the role of multilateral institutions under great power compacts.

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...

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.