The Council will honor The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, former prime minister of Canada; Tanya and Michael Polsky; and Regina Cross, a Council Emerging Leaders alumna, at its annual Global Leadership Awards Dinner on October 29.

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December 10, 2021, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura and Dina Smeltz, Lintao Zhang, Download Report (PDF), Chicago Council Survey data reveals growing concern across party lines about China's economic and military power., Results of the 2021 Chicago Council Survey (conducted July 7...

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 ...

Trump mostly spoke for himself and a small, but vocal, segment of the Republican Party when denouncing immigration, climate action, and multilateralism at the UN General Assembly.

September 18, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Mahmoud Illean / AP, Download Report (PDF), But as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens, Democrats and Independents say US support for Israel has gone too far., Israel’s unprecedent strike against a delegation...

November 13, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Sam Dong, Aaron Favila / AP, Download Report (PDF), Unique parallel surveys find both publics agree trade and international engagement benefit their countries, but to different degrees., The competition between the United States...

Live Stream, In Progress, Are We Heading Toward a New Nuclear Arms Race?, About, Laura S. H. Holgate, Christine E. Wormuth, and Ariane Tabatabai discuss what the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty reveals about the future of arms control., More About This Live Stream, Participate, Submit a Question...