Publications

Blog

January 13, 2016 | By Karl Friedhoff

Eight Things to Know before the Next Republican Debate

Karl Friedhoff uses Chicago Council Survey data to provide a short list of things to keep in mind ahead of the Republican debate on January 14.

Blog

January 7, 2016 | By Ivo H. Daalder

What We Can Learn From the Crises of 2015

Council President Ivo Daalder identifies three broad trends driving what is happening around the world and suggests ways we might cope with them.

External Commentary

The TPP Train Could Still Get Derailed

Foreign Policy, January 6, 2016

Blog

December 24, 2015

How High a Minimum Wage?

New Pew results has Americans weighing in on the how high the minimum wage should be. The numbers are interesting because they get at some of the core beliefs about how a minimum wage works.

Blog

December 24, 2015

Hillary Clinton's Greatest Strength

RealClearPolitics' Changing Lanes, December 11, 2015

External Commentary

Is There a Way to Solve the American Fight Over Climate Change?

Foreign Policy, December 11, 2015

External Commentary

Ivo Daalder: How Trump Appeals to Our Anxiety

RealClearPolitics' Changing Lanes, December 10, 2015

Research

Slight Rise in US Public Concerns about Climate

November 30, 2015 | By Dina Smeltz, Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy; Craig Kafura, Assistant Director, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy; Riena Yu, Intern, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Issues: Public Opinion
Regions: North America

Blog

November 23, 2015 | By Sara McElmurry

Immigration—on the Banks of the Mississippi

Midwestern leaders are filling the gap created by the federal stalemate on immigration—launching city, state, and metro-level welcoming initiatives in communities from Detroit to Dayton to Dodge City.