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How the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is handling the stay-at-home order due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Highlights from recent Deep Dish podcast episodes covering COVID-19 response in Germany, New Zealand, Japan, Europe, and South Korea.  

Deep Dish host Brian Hanson shares five recent episodes that help explain what’s happening in our world today and why these issues are so important.

Many of the challenges the world faced in 2020 will continue to shape our world next year.

From the COVID-19 vaccine to US foreign policy, our experts share their recommendations for the new administration. 

The Council's polling experts examine how American foreign policy experts think of the term "allies," and whether variations in thinking matter for US foreign policy decisions.

2021 Chicago Council Survey data show a majority of Americans support a range of US policies towards Taiwan: recognition as an independent country, inclusion in international organizations, and a US-Taiwan free trade agreement.

Council President Ivo Daalder, former US ambassador to NATO, shares his perspective.

While two-thirds of Americans overall continue to support the withdrawal, a majority of Republicans now oppose it, a new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Ipsos reveals.

This report summarizes the Transforming Industrial Regions of North America and Europe symposium, including strategies to rebuild economies and stem anti-democratic populism.

One year later, Americans remain divided over what happened on January 6, 2021. But they're united in concerns about future political violence.

Should China invade Taiwan, 2022 Chicago Council Survey data show most Americans would support sending arms but not US troops.

In new Council polling, Americans say China’s treatment of minority groups isn’t just a question of internal politics.

But neither Americans or Ukrainians think the sanctions will force Russia to withdraw troops from Ukraine in the immediate future.

In the event of Iran developing nuclear weapons, the US public wants to tighten economic sanctions, and most support a return to the JCPOA.

And bipartisan majorities of Americans support admitting new members to the alliance, Council polling shows.

But American concern about large numbers of immigrants and refugees coming into the country has steadily decreased over the past decades.

President Biden declared that "the pandemic is over." Council polling shows that when it comes to security and foreign policy, most Americans agree.

The public also remains concerned about the potential for a global economic downtown, Council polling shows.

With Xi Jinping poised to receive a third term at the 20th Party Congress, American opinion of China has never been worse.