Sixty-one percent of the US public is uneasy with only the president having the power to authorize the use of nuclear weapons.

Survey data shows that Russians are more likely than Americans to say that their nation's government handled the coronavirus pandemic effectively.

As the specter of war grows in the Taiwan Strait, Taipei is at a crossroads.

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Libkos / AP, Download Report (PDF), Most Americans support sending additional aid to Ukraine and increasing sanctions on Russia, and relatively few want to withdraw support for Kyiv., Earlier this month, Ukraine launc...

August 5, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Jose Luis Magana / AP, Download Report (PDF), New polling finds 68 percent of Americans believe the costs of the war with Iran have outweighed the benefits, though Republicans stand apart., The 2026 Chicago Council Sur...

March 20, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Efrem Lukatsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), While most support providing medevac services to injured peacekeepers, the public is divided over backing a peacekeeping force militarily., UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hos...

Bobby Ghosh, Elise Labott, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Europeans may draw the line at military engagement with Russia, recent data show.

November 30, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Emily Sullivan and Dina Smeltz, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), While the public would prefer diplomacy with Iran, they are not taking more aggressive options off the table., Negotiations to reinstate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCP...