In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

August 3, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sibel Oktay , Paul Poast , Dina Smeltz , and Craig Kafura, REUTERS, Download Report (PDF), The Council's polling experts examine how American foreign policy experts think of the term "allies," and whether variations in thinking matter for US forei...

December 16, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sam Dong , Dina Smeltz , and Lama El Baz, Jane Hahn / AP, Download Report (PDF), The public supports deploying US troops to defend allies, particularly in Europe, but most oppose using them for territorial expansion., In 2024, Donald Trump ran ...

July 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , AJ Caughey , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Russian young adults have a more positive economic and political outlook than their American counterparts, yet both youth populati...

At Davos, Martin Wolf and Sir Robin Niblett say the Greenland debacle exposed Europe's red line. Has the transatlantic relationship reached a turning point?

Founded in 1922 to engage Chicagoans in public discussions on world affairs at a time of increasing American isolationism, the Council’s mission has evolved as its reach has expanded in the digital era.

The contest to succeed António Guterres is underway. As candidates put forward their visions, the more pressing question is what kind of leader the moment demands.

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Karl Friedhoff, Evan Vucci / AP, Download Report (PDF), While supporters of both parties see benefits in US security agreements, Republicans tend to be more concerned about the associated costs., For the past 75 years, the US alli...

The US capture of Venezuela’s Maduro echoed intents outlined by Trump in the 2025 National Security Strategy. While the action might have appealed to his Republican base, the strategy’s principles are mostly out of step with US public opinion on America’s engagement in the world.

The British king’s skillful diplomacy and eloquent elevation of the US-UK relationship stands in stark contrast to a new transatlantic reality.