October 20, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Lama El Baz, Lindsey Wasson / AP, Download Report (PDF), At the same time, fewer Americans now compared to a decade ago are convinced their country is exceptional., While some observers describe US President Donald Trump’s fore...

Honoring US Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, President of United Airlines Brett J. Hart, and Emerging Leader alumna Shoba Pillay.

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October 24, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Mark Schiefelbein / AP, Download Report (PDF), The public's top priorities for the US-China relationship moving forward: avoiding war and maintaining a technological edge., Over the past two US presidential administrations, relatio...

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz, Carolyn Kaster / AP, While most Democrats favor taking an active part in world affairs, Republicans remain divided., As Democrats meet in Chicago to officially nominate Kamala Harris and lay out their platform for the 2024 election, ...

Reporters from some of the world’s leading media outlets joined the Council to consider the impact of the 2020 US election on foreign policy.

December 2, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Kuan-chen Lee , and Christina Chen, Daniel Ceng / AP, Download Report (PDF), The Taiwanese public expects more US aid in a potential conflict with China than Americans are willing to endorse., Results from the Chicag...

August 22, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz and Karl Friedhoff, Evan Vucci / AP, Download Report (PDF), While supporters of both parties see benefits in US security agreements, Republicans tend to be more concerned about the associated costs., For the past 75 years, the US alli...

October 8, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura, Chiang Ying-ying / AP, Download Report (PDF), Should China invade, Americans support arming Taipei but oppose direct military intervention., Since the United States switched official diplomatic recognition from the Republic of China...

Large majorities of Democratic and Independent foreign policy elites say they are more concerned about internal threats than external ones.