More than any other large American city, Chicago has depended on immigrants to offset the sluggish growth of its native-born population. The decline in immigration will destabilize Chicago's population.

The congressional split over the war powers resolution signals that US President Donald Trump lacks broad support for the military intervention in Iran—and opposition on Capitol Hill is likely to grow if the war grinds on.

Is the looming economic crisis influencing the public’s preferred response to the war in Ukraine? Recent polling suggests it's possible.

May 12, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Download Report (PDF), But Republicans stand in stark contrast, favoring the Trump administration’s actions in Iran., The US-Israeli war against Iran remains at a stalemate after US President Donald ...

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If the United States and China are competing over global public opinion, who’s winning, and where?

Despite the scale of the crisis and its importance for the broader region, Sudan remains out of the minds of most Americans.

In October, I visited Seoul with a delegation of Chicago Council Emerging Leaders on a Korea Foundation-funded trip led by Karl Friedhoff, the Council’s Korea specialist.