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In 2018, the Council captured public and opinion leader attitudes on some of the most pressing foreign policy issues.

Activities to support resilient livelihoods must be combined with peacebuilding, conflict resolution efforts, and investment in food security.

The public supports US participation in the Paris climate agreement, the Iran nuclear deal, and more.

While Americans may support a retaliatory strike if the United States is attacked, Council polls reveal they oppose using nuclear forces to defend allies.

New data reveals that the US public would prefer to respond with to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with sanctions and diplomacy.

Public opinion polling shows a lack of consensus about where cyberattacks fall within the escalatory ladder of conventional warfare.

New surveys find that Americans are willing to pay more for fuel in order to support Ukraine.

The Biden administration emphasizes strengthening ties with America's global allies and partners. Which countries do Americans view as their allies—and adversaries?

Old habits die hard for Russian elders, but younger Russians may be beginning to look West.

More so than any other racial or ethnic group, Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Americans want the United States to play an active part in global affairs.

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, Roger Thurow revisits the featured mothers and children to see how they are faring.

Black Americans are supportive of aid to Ukraine, but less likely than other Americans to back an open-ended support of Kyiv “for as long as it takes.”

Both foreign policy leaders and the American public back “friendshoring."

The Kyrgyz community in Chicagoland is small, but its economic footprint is expanding. New Kyrgyz businesses are bridging Illinois and Central Asia.

Chef Johnny Clark calls his new Ukrainian restaurant Anelya a “political statement” to the world that Ukrainian food “isn’t just Russian with a twist” — and that it deserves a Michelin star of its own.

Integrating migrant children and their parents into local schools also integrates them into the local economy.

The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.

China is looking beyond the current environment to shape the global food system for its own food security.

While understandable, the mood of pessimism around COP27 obscures progress toward net zero and can be dangerously self-fulfilling, argues Chris Morris.

Ivo Daalder discusses the annual Munich Security Conference.

While the public believes nuclear weapons are an effective tool in deterring aggression, less than half say they make the country more secure.

Consensus on how long to provide economic and military aid to Ukraine appears to be weakening as the war enters its tenth month.

Europe's attempts to diversify its gas supplies could have unintended and negative consequences for climate progress, writes Chris Morris.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a domestic push toward alternative energy sources.

In countries that favor a negotiated end to the conflict, support for specific policy measures that aid Ukraine has fallen.

Europeans may draw the line at military engagement with Russia, recent data show.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

Recent polls find a geographic divide in the region when it comes to public perceptions of the conflict.

Citizens and policymakers alike embrace industrial policy as great power competition intensifies.

The war in Ukraine has shifted public opinion toward energy independence, renewable power, and nuclear energy.

Millennials and Gen Z are less confident in the effectiveness and utility of nuclear weapons than Boomers and Gen X.

The majority of countries polled in a recent 53-nation study hold negative views of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

On the heels of Ukrainian president Zelenskyy’s meeting with US President Biden, the 2021 Chicago Council Survey finds that a record 50 percent of Americans favor the use of US troops if Russia were to invade the rest of Ukraine.

Scott MacMillan recalls 2015 World Food Prize winner Fazle Hasan Abed's legacy and its impact on food security.

Precise, timely, and trustworthy data can help achieve food security within African cities.

An announcement made following the G7 Hiroshima Summit brings the group one step closer to a proposed “Economic Article 5.”

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.

Is the looming economic crisis influencing the public’s preferred response to the war in Ukraine? Recent polling suggests it's possible.

Geographically targeted economic development strategies can serve as an antidote to political extremism in formerly industrial regions.

Abe Shinzo’s assassination shocked the nation. Will constitutional revision be on the post-election agenda?

New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.

In a shift from just a month ago, the Japanese public favors tough sanctions on Russia in concert with the US and Europe. 

While moderate Democrats are more supportive of funding the military, liberals are more willing to deploy troops to defend allies, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Polling shows the Swedish public is keenly aware of the threat posed by Russia and favors a strong policy response to the invasion of Ukraine.

We’re sharing Moments of Impact, stories of members of our community being inspired to think differently or act boldly to improve the world.

Sixty-one percent of the US public is uneasy with only the president having the power to authorize the use of nuclear weapons.

But public opinion has likely shifted following Hamas' attacks on Israel.