October 2, 2018, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Craig Kafura , and Lily Wojtowicz, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2018 Chicago Council Survey indicates that Americans now supported active US engagement in world affairs, the larges...

September 16, 2019, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , Brendan Helm , and Craig Kafura, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), Findings show a majority of Americans reject ideas of the United States retreating from the world, abdicating internati...

With Washington prioritizing deal-making over competition, Beijing’s confidence is growing—and the risk of miscalculation is rising. Could China use America’s time-out from strategic competition to surpass it economically, technologically, and geopolitically?

Although cases have declined significantly in Europe, the United States, and much of East Asia, the pandemic remains a major threat in South America, India, and several other nations around the world.

September 15, 2015, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Ivo H. Daalder , Karl Friedhoff , and Craig Kafura, The White House, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), 2015 Chicago Council Survey results demonstrate the American public remains committed to engagement in the world., Am...

March 30, 2017, RESEARCH Report by Doug Bereuter and Dan Glickman, Download Report (PDF), The world today faces enormous challenges, including the threats of rapidly increasing instability, conflict, and migration as a result of inadequate food supplies and water scarcity., Key Findings, America ...

September 2, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura , Dina Smeltz , Yawei Liu , and Nick Zeller, Andy Wong / AP, Download Report (PDF), Few see the United States as a friend to China, but a majority want Beijing to use a mix of cooperation and containment in its approach to Washingt...

March 10, 2023 Check out our roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

Trump's first foreign policy moves of the new year included invading Venezuela, threatening to coerce Greenland into becoming a US territory, and withdrawing the US from 66 international organizations.

US politics, public opinion, and global implications.