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

September 7, 2016, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Lily Wojtowicz, Download Report (PDF), As recent polling data shows, most Americans have a positive opinion of free trade but are concerned about the threat of trade on job security., Both presidential candidate...

Partisanship has become a major factor in foreign policy attitudes in Chicago Council Surveys; not so long-ago opinions on foreign policy seemed immune to partisan impulses.

​Recent surveys show that a majority of Americans sympathize with the protests occurring across the country since the death of George Floyd.

Cities may face some challenges with neighbors in the suburbs while trying to establish policies supporting immigration.

The fallout from the removal of President Pedro Castillo has revealed a young democracy in dire straits.

Sheila Bair, George Bush’s appointee to the FDIC, joins Deep Dish to examine what we learned from the 2008 global financial crisis.

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 ...

March 20, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP, Download Report (PDF), While down slightly from last year, more than half support continuing military and economic assistance to Kyiv. But the results are highly partisan., While the world...