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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.