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Over the past 12 months, our pollsters tracked public attitudes on everything from the war in Ukraine to conflict in the Middle East.

Reflect on the year with highlights from the Council's public opinion research and analysis.

It's been a busy 2021. Recap the year with the survey team's analyses of public opinion on the most critical issues at home and around the world.

Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, Karl Friedhoff, Brendan Helm, and Alexander Hitch document the ups and downs of the public mood, sharing highlights of their 2020 research.

Council Distinguished Fellow and Former Executive Director of the World Food Program Catherine Bertini reflects on why elevating women and girls worldwide matters.

As rumors spread, Saeid Golkar argues why it's unlikely that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, succeeds his father.

The small Caucasus country challenges the idea that the world is splitting into democratic and autocratic camps, Dan Drezner argues.

American disapproval rates of US-Iraq war reach record highs.

"Hossein Taeb’s sudden removal from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is part of a wider project to install a new generation of zealots," writes Saeid Golkar.

A survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs highlighting key foreign policy topics that will be covered in the final 2012 Presidential debate.

Iran’s missile attack on two U.S. air bases in Iraq was the latest step bringing the United States and Iran to the brink of war. Yet, President Donald Trump decided to back away from further military confrontation.

“An end to NATO enlargement or withdrawing forces from the east will not stop Putin. Only full support of Ukraine can do that,” writes Ivo Daalder in the Financial Times.

"Iranians have protested several times against the Islamic Republic, and every time they have been silenced, every time they have been repressed, brutally."

While government officials reaffirm the importance of the US-Saudi relationship, the American public expresses generally chilly feelings towards Saudi Arabia.

Polling data shows that although Americans believe that Russia is acting to contain US power, the US public favors cooperation and engagement rather than containing Russia.

Mayhem in Westminster has roots in Brexit and a political culture that favors dogma over evidence, argues columnist Chris Morris.

In May 2018, President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal because it was “defective at its core.” But if Tehran were willing to negotiate a better agreement, he would be “ready, willing and able” to

The supreme leader’s youth-washing strategy could keep detente with the United States off the table for years.

Saeid Golkar discusses the belief that Iran wishes to resume open and benevolent relations with the West and the United States.

Survey results reveal how Japanese perceptions of security in East Asia have changed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.