America's diplomats are still critical for US foreign policy, but the foreign service must become more flexible to engage the next generation and solve today's problems, our guests argue. What would change look like?

The Chicago Council has conducted periodic surveys of the American public on ... This survey included polling by The Chicago Council in China, India, and the ... that asked many of the same questions as the 2006 Chicago Council survey.

Millennial and Generation Z Americans have come of age during a time of technological change, economic upheaval, and strategic overreach.

February 10, 2020, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), A Chicago Council survey completed January 10–12 shows that as tensions with Iran have risen, Americans see an increased need to keep watch over the Middle East by maintaining a tr...

Thanks to a passionate group of independent presses, bookstores, and translators, the city’s foreign lit scene is thriving.

MARCH 6, 2019, Mexican public opinion of the United States is back in positive territory after hitting an all-time low in 2017, according to a new report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Buendía & Laredo. In a dramatic reversal, 56 percent of Mexicans have a favorable view of the...

December 6, 2012, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura, Simon Foot, Download Report (PDF), While the midwestern public is somewhat divided on specific reforms, those who have accurate information about shifting immigration flows and changing labor needs express majority ...

American perceptions of whether Russia or Ukraine is winning the war are key to support for ongoing US assistance to Kyiv.

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Yawei Liu , Nick Zeller , and Sam Dong, Mark Schiefelbein / AP, Download Report (PDF), New polling from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The Carter Center offers a rare window into how Chinese citizens view...