April 10, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Sam Dong , Lama El Baz , and Dina Smeltz, Dmitry Serebryakov / AP, Download Report (PDF), At the same time, a plurality feel they are entitled to more., In a contentious meeting on February 28, US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance...

October 16, 2019, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Roger Thurow, Download Report (PDF), This paper seeks to raise awareness of the growing global obesity epidemic and the need to address the economic, security, and humanitarian threats it poses., Introduction, While the development community has been foc...

July 13, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , and Lama El Baz, Download Report (PDF), Results and analysis of the Council's survey of Chicagoland residents on immigration policies., Executive Summary, It’s no exaggeration to say that immigration made Chicago what...

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As attention returns to Gaza, majorities view a breakthrough in negotiations as unlikely in the foreseeable future.

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September 9, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Libby Berry, Canva, And the ideological split between parties continues to widen, new Council polling shows., Key Findings, More than two-thirds of Republicans identify as conservative (77%)., Just over half of Democrats identif...

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Recent polling shows Turks have become more favorably inclined toward the European Union and NATO, while attitudes toward Russia and China have grown more negative.