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Dina Smeltz and Brendan Helm discuss President Biden's extension of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

New survey data shows a partisan divide on what Americans believe is the greatest threat to the United States: Democrats rank violent white nationalist groups the highest, while Republicans list China as the greatest threat.

Ivo Daalder, Karen DeYoung, Bobby Ghosh, and Matt Kaminksi examine the week's most important global affairs news.

The United States will have to take the lead in rebuilding trust and confidence in its security commitments—including the nuclear guarantee.

Ivo Daalder, James Harding, Gideon Rachman, and Carol Giacomo examine the week's most important global affairs news.

Ivo Daalder, Karen DeYoung, Steven Erlanger, and Peter Spiegel examine the news during US President Biden's first week in office.

Ivo Daalder talks with reporters from some of the world's leading media outlets about the week's most important global affairs news.

Brendan Helm, Craig Kafura, and Karl Friedhoff analyze views on COVID vaccinations, finding Americans are divided on whether to be vaccinated despite increasing availability.

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.

Rust Belts exist around the world, and integrating them into the larger trans-Atlantic community is key to political stability.

Council President Ivo Daalder discusses emerging global stories with The New York Times’ Carol Giacomo, POLITICO’s Matt Kaminski, and the Financial Times’ Philip Stephens.

The United States' strategy towards Iran must include more than just returning to the Iran nuclear agreement, our Deep Dish guests argue.

The New York Times’ Steve Erlanger, the Financial Times’ Philip Stephens, and POLITICO’s Nahal Toosi discuss emerging global stories with Council President Ivo Daalder.

Journalists Karen DeYoung, Matt Kaminski, and Gideon Rachman joined Council President Ivo H. Daalder to discuss this week's emerging global stories.

Council President Ivo Daalder explains why President-Elect Biden faces 3 nuclear threats -- Russia, Iran, and North Korea-- in the Chicago Tribune.

The White House Situation Room has entertained grandstanding that betrays the seriousness of the "Sit Room" and its national security function.

Since 2016, Americans' favorability toward South Korea, India, and Japan is stable, while favorability toward China decreased by 12 points.

Survey results show President Trump’s threats and bullying tactics with Seoul haven't lessened support for the alliance with South Korea.

Author and former White House Middle East advisor and expert Philip Gordon joins Deep Dish to explain regime change in Middle East policy.

Nirmal Ghosh, Carla Anne Robbins, and Philip Stephens join Ivo Daalder to discuss the United Nations, Iran, US-China relations, and Taiwan.

Results of the 2020 Chicago Council Survey reveal a striking divide between Democrats and Republicans on the critical threats facing the country.

Reporters from leading media outlets join the Council to discuss the Kosovo-Serbia relations, Japan, the Navalny poisoning, and much more.

Journalists from some of the world’s leading media outlets join Council President Ivo Daalder to discuss Belarus, Iran, and Turkey-Greece relations.

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

Ivo Daalder talks with reporters from some of the world's leading media outlets about the South China Sea, COVID-19, Huawei, Poland, and more.

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

Carol Giacomo of the New York Times, Stefan Kornelius of Süddeutsche Zeitung, and Edward Luce of the Financial Times joined Council President Ivo Daalder to analyze global news.

The Washington Post's Karen DeYoung, The New York Times' Carol Giacomo, and Süddeutsche Zeitung's Stefan Kornelius join Brian Hanson to discuss global news.

Suzanne Maloney and Ariane Tabatabai join Deep Dish to examine tensions between the United States and Iran and the future of the US-Iran standoff.

Steve Chapman of the Chicago Tribune, Carol Giacomo of The New York Times, and Gideon Rachman of the Financial Times joined Council President Ivo Daalder analyze the week's global news.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on the COVID-19 pandemic from around the world, including the US, Japan, Brazil, the UK, Italy and France.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post, Craig Kafura explores how Millennials hold distinct views on US-China foreign policy.

Nationwide surveys conducted by IranPoll show that although Iranians say their country should not develop nuclear weapons, they have lost confidence in the nuclear agreement.

Millions of people in East Africa, the Horn, and up through the Middle East are facing the prospect of extreme hunger as a plague of locusts spreads in the region.

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

As the coronavirus pandemic begins to quickly spread across the globe, Council experts assess public opinion around the virus and its impact.

A survey that examines the divide between foreign policy experts and the public.

Former National Security Council director for Yemen Daniel Schneiderman joins Deep Dish to explain the US role in the conflict in Yemen.

Amid growing anxiety among experts and health officials, how do publics in countries around the world perceive the threat of the coronavirus?

Kelly Magsamen, former National Security Council director for Iran under US presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, takes a minute to answer questions on Iran, its proxies, and whether the US should support anti-regime protests.

While Republicans share a similar political worldview overall, Trump and Non-Trump Republicans disagree on key policies for immigration, climate change, and nuclear programs.

A Chicago Council survey shows that Americans see an increased need to keep watch over the Middle East by maintaining a troop presence there.