The G20 summit carried on without the United States this year. Here’s what the leaders' declaration reveals about the rest of the world's priorities.

March 26, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), While the public thinks Putin’s foreign policies have improved Moscow’s international influence and the state of the Russian military, fewer no...

March 18, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although a plurality of young Russians say they are anxious about Russia’s political future, few vote or participate political...

May 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Stepan Goncharov , Dina Smeltz , and Denis Volkov, Pavel Golovkin / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although Russian young adults primarily turn to social media for news, a majority do not trust information reported by most media outlets., ...

FIFA is increasingly bending to host countries on domestic politics, raising questions about whether global sporting events can still function as unifying forces.

With the tournament set to kick off at a moment of geopolitical strain, authoritarian powers are seizing an opportunity.

October 20, 2022, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , and Emily Sullivan, Reuters, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), On some of the most significant issues of the day, including how the United States should respond to Russia's ...

July 24, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz , Dina Smeltz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), Russians report limited impact of Western-imposed sanctions and continued support for the war in Ukraine., In a unified effort to curtail Russia’s ...

January 28, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , Lama El Baz , and Sam Dong, Download Report (PDF), Results and analysis of the Council's 2025 annual survey of American views on foreign policy., Chicago Council Survey Dashboard, Explore five decades of American att...

December 20, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Lama El Baz, AP Photos, Download Report (PDF), But Republicans and Democrats are sharply divided when it comes to immigration levels., Immigration to the United States has long been a contentious and divisive issue at the foref...