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Despite public divisions over US aid to Ukraine, support for taking in those fleeing the Russian invasion remains unchanged since March.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

Our weekly roundup the top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

How can the US confront human rights abuses in China, without robbing athletes of the opportunity to compete on the world stage?

Americans want to play an active part in world affairs but are reassessing their foreign policy priorities and how they want to engage with the world.

The war in Afghanistan has lasted more than 17 years, and the overall situation has improved little over those years.

American weapons play a key role in the defense strategies of both US partners.

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

New surveys find that Americans are willing to pay more for fuel in order to support Ukraine.

"The inevitability of the outcome does not make it any less tragic, but the tragedy does not make the decision to withdraw wrong," Senior Fellow Elizabeth Shackelford explains.

Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.

The Chicago City Council has tripled its legislation on foreign policy in the last four years.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog explains how Elizabeth Warren’s specific support base likely led to her downfall.

Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?

"You cannot build good foreign policy on dishonesty. But we keep trying to because no one pays for it," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.

Ahead of President Biden's address on August 31, Elizabeth Shackelford joins Ben Roswell on CBC News to discuss the US’s completed withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Council's Cécile Shea joins WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" to explain why she believes Afghanistan's collapse was inevitable—and what could happen next.

The Council's polling experts examine how American foreign policy experts think of the term "allies," and whether variations in thinking matter for US foreign policy decisions.

A joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Levada Analytical Center survey shows few Russians or Americans expect great changes to US-Russia ties now or in the next 10 years, although both publics see the merits of collaboration.

"This isn't Afghanistan, and this isn't Syria. This is a country that's being attacked," says Ivo Daalder on MSNBC. "This is not a proxy war."