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Anonymous's blog Liz Deadrick, research assistant, contributed to this post.  As President Obama prepares to address the nation tomorrow night regarding the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Chicago Council Survey results from May ...


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Anonymous's blog NATO Leaders meet in Wales this week for what will be the most important Summit meeting since the end of the Cold War. Russian actions in Ukraine pose a fundamental challenge to European security—and thus a challenge to the North Atl ...


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syria1.jpg Anonymous's blog With the conflict in Syria well into its fourth year, Chicago Council Survey results from May 2014 show that a majority of the American public does not see the conflict in Syria as a critical threat to the United States. W ...


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Anonymous's blog Chicago Council Survey results from May, before the recent outbreak of fighting in Gaza, show that Americans did not see the lack of a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians to be a critical threat to the vital interests ...


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Anonymous's blog By Kjell Engelbrekt US-Russia relations appear to be at an all-time low ever since the establishment of the Russian Federation in the fall of 1991. The new Chicago Council Survey figures clearly demonstrate this general trend, even w ...



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Anonymous's blog Conservative columnist Ann Coulter probably didn't watch the US play Belgium on Tuesday afternoon. But that didn't stop her from tweeting “Doing the job Americans just won’t do: Immigrants fill up roster of ‘U.S.’ soccer te ...


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Anonymous's blog Guest post by Daniel Maliniak  and Ryan Powers, first posted on The Monkey Cage. Responses from our  May 2014 TRIP Snap Poll  of international relations (IR) scholars present an interesting contrast to public opinion on NAFTA’s effec ...


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Anonymous's blog Get ready for some new public opinion data from the 2014 Chicago Council Survey in the coming weeks.  We will publicly release the full results in September, but will be offering previews on hot topics over the summer. In the meantim ...


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Anonymous's blog The Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan has received a lot of attention in the past year, and not just from visitors.  The shrine is controversial because it commemorates Japan's 2.5 million war dead, including 14 Class-A war crimin ...