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The US Should Never Even Have Been in Afghanistan in August 2021
"Afghanistan was indeed a failure of US foreign policy," Paul Poast writes. "But it wasn't a failure of the Biden administration."
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It's Time to Get the US Military out of the Middle East
"The US military footprint in the Greater Middle East is undermining US strategic priorities elsewhere in the world," Paul Poast argues.
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What US Proxy Wars Can Tell Us About Ukraine
"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."
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Chaos Swirls in Afghanistan as President Biden Defends Decision to Pull Out
The Council's Lizzy Shackelford joins Fox 32 Chicago to analyze the Taliban's Afghanistan takeover and US foreign policy lessons from America's longest war.
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Will the Never-Ending War in Afghanistan Ever End?
The war in Afghanistan has lasted more than 17 years, and the overall situation has improved little over those years.
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Bipartisan Bill Could End Our Casual Relationship with War
The Council's Elizabeth Shackelford explains how a new bipartisan bill could renew Congressional war powers and reign in presidential power to engage the United States in conflict.
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Ending War Doesn’t Have to Be This Hard
Elizabeth Shackelford explains why it's time for Congress to reassert limitations on our use of war.
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The US in Afghanistan: It Was Always Going to End This Way
"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.
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Disinformation Sowed Our Failure in Afghanistan
"You cannot build good foreign policy on dishonesty. But we keep trying to because no one pays for it," writes Elizabeth Shackelford.
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Withdrawal from The "Forever War"
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.
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The End of America's Longest War
Council President Ivo Daalder discusses the end of the war in Afghanistan with WGN's Paul Lisnek.
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As US Military Leaves Kabul, Many Americans, Afghans Remain
Catch Council President Ivo Daalder on WTTW's Chicago Tonight discussing what the evacuation from Afghanistan means for US and NATO allies.
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Biden Says He Stands 'Squarely Behind' Afghanistan Decision
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.
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What Kind of Foreign Policy Do Americans Want? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs highlighting key foreign policy topics that will be covered in the final 2012 Presidential debate.
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Treaty Allies Matter for US Foreign Policy Experts—but They Are Not Indispensable | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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.
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Half of Americans Say Diversity Benefits the United States | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
But Republicans and Democrats are sharply divided when it comes to immigration levels.
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Generational Divides in Attitudes toward the US Role in the World | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Unlike their elders, young Americans don’t buy into US exceptionalism and are divided on whether the United States should play an active role or stay out of world affairs.
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Findings from the 2010 Survey of Public Opinion | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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.
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Despite Political Tension, Americans and Russians See Cooperation as Essential | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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.
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Americans Support Afghans—but Not the Taliban Government | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 2022 Chicago Council Survey finds broad support for taking in Afghan refugees but not for releasing frozen funds to the Taliban.
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Americans Shifting Focus to Asia | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
For the first time since the question was first asked in the 1994 Chicago Council Survey, more Americans say that Asia is more important to the US than Europe.
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Americans Question Gains of War in Afghanistan | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Results from the 2012 Council Survey find that nearly seven in 10 Americans think the war in Afghanistan has not been worth the cost.
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Americans Prefer Supporting Role in Constraining Chinese and Russian Ambitions | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Great power competition is the organizing principle of President Biden’s new National Security Strategy. Is the American public on board?
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American Public Support for US Troops in Middle East Has Grown | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
A Chicago Council survey shows that Americans see an increased need to keep watch over the Middle East by maintaining a troop presence there.
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2021 Chicago Council Survey | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While the Biden administration seems to understand where Americans stand on China and domestic renewal to support global competitiveness, the data disproves their assumptions that Americans are skeptical about trade and weary of US global engagement
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2015 Chicago Council Survey | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
2015 Chicago Council Survey results demonstrate the American public remains committed to engagement in the world.
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2014 Chicago Council Survey | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 2014 Chicago Council Survey of American public opinion and US foreign policy shows public support for an “Active” Role in world affairs.
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2012 Chicago Council Survey: Foreign Policy in the new Millennium | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 2012 Chicago Council Survey tracks public opinion on US foreign policy since the September 11 attacks, and includes an assessment of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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2010 Chicago Council Survey | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 2010 Chicago Council Survey shows that Americans remain committed to an active part in world affairs—its problems, opportunities, and key actors.
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2002 Chicago Council Survey: American Public Opinion and Foreign Policy | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 2002 Chicago Council survey made it clear that 9/11 had a profound impact on the American mood and U.S. relationships with foreign countries.
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1982 Chicago Council Survey | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The 1982 Chicago Council Survey shows important disparities between public opinion and Reagan administration policies in defense spending, arms control, foreign aid, détente, and trade policy.
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Ethiopia: Propping up One Strongman after Another | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
America’s unconditional security sector assistance has helped facilitate Ethiopia’s violent responses to opposition.
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2021: Year in Numbers | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
With the holiday celebrations behind us, here is a quick recap of some of the stats that defined the past twelve months of programming at the Council.
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Year in Review: 2022 in Public Opinion | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Reflect on the year with highlights from the Council's public opinion research and analysis.
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Year in Review: 2021 in Public Opinion | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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.
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Women's Work, African Swine Fever Ripples, & Urban Growing | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Catch the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development in our Global Food for Thought news brief.
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Women's Success Is the World's Success | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Council Distinguished Fellow and Former Executive Director of the World Food Program Catherine Bertini reflects on why elevating women and girls worldwide matters.
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US Public Supports Withdrawal From Afghanistan | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Polling conducted in July for the 2021 Chicago Council Survey found seven out of ten Americans supported the withdrawal of US combat forces from Afghanistan by September 11.
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Ukrainian Refugees—the Rule or the Exception? | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Why are Ukrainians receiving a warmer welcome from the American public than past refugee groups?
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Ukraine and Taiwan: Why Airpower and Air Defense Matter | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
American weapons play a key role in the defense strategies of both US partners.
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Strategic Leniency, Golden Rice, and a Fertilizer Ban | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Our weekly roundup the top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.
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Starting Early | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
An essay about food insecurity and child hunger by Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Roger Thurow.
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Republicans and Democrats Support Evacuating, Relocating Afghans to the United States | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
New Chicago Council-Ipsos polling finds large, bipartisan majorities in support of evacuating and relocating to the United States their Afghan allies and others in danger from the Taliban.
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Refugees Welcome? Americans Support Taking in Afghans, Ukrainians, Taiwanese | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Despite public divisions over US aid to Ukraine, support for taking in those fleeing the Russian invasion remains unchanged since March.
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Refugee Apartheid and Ukraine | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Over a million Ukrainian citizens have fled to other European countries. African, Asian, Caribbean nationals living in Ukraine may not be able to do the same.
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Reflecting on Two Years of Taliban Rule | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
The anniversary of the Taliban's return to power has reignited a debate about how best to support the Afghan people.
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Millennials Not That into Drones | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura explains Millennials’ lack of enthusiasm for drones.
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Majority of Americans Support Withdrawal from Afghanistan, but Criticize Its Implementation | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
While two-thirds of Americans overall continue to support the withdrawal, a majority of Republicans now oppose it, a new survey from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Ipsos reveals.
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Japanese More Confident than Americans in US Power | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.
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Ivory Tower Democrat Voters Will Miss Elizabeth Warren | Chicago Council on Global Affairs
This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog explains how Elizabeth Warren’s specific support base likely led to her downfall.