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A March 2021 survey finds Americans see US priorities in Asia to be less about limiting the expansion of China and more about economic growth and strengthening democracy.

Securing aid on denuclearizing North Korea requires understanding of China’s strategic thinking, says this report from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Fifty years ago, US President Richard Nixon traveled to China and established the basis for a normalization of relations between the two powers. Are we due for another transformation?

Cécile Shea and Paul Heer discuss President Biden's recent trip to the Middle East and the power competition between China and the US.

Karl Friedhoff examines poll results of regional leaders regarding China's activities.

The US public's perception of China has changed significantly since Xi Jinping took office, Craig Kafura says.

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

Recent surveys find significant partisan differences among leaders and the public on the degree of threat posed by China and how the United States should respond.

2021 Chicago Council Survey data show a majority of Americans support a range of US policies towards Taiwan: recognition as an independent country, inclusion in international organizations, and a US-Taiwan free trade agreement.

Advancing the group's pillars of prosperity and development will be at the very heart of competition with China in the coming decade.

As China tightens security in Hong Kong, many American businesses consider retreat and relocalization

What cards does the United States have to bolster its future national security strategy for the twenty-first century? And how will China deal with it?

The 2022 protests in China have led President Xi Jinping to lift COVID lockdowns. Students held white paper protests to ask for freedom and democracy.

Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura analyze survey data showing that for the first time in nearly two decades, a majority of Americans describe the development of China as a world power as a critical threat to the United States.

Survey data show the American public believes relations with each of the countries are important. However, there is a variance in the opinion that shows larger issues affecting the trilateral relationship.

A comparison of two recent polls finds some similarities—and some significant differences—in how international relations scholars and the American public want to approach China.

None of Trump's Democratic would-be rivals look likely to adopt a softer stance on China.

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.

This survey shows Americans still think that the US should work on friendly engagement and strengthening ties with China.

Changes in the public's opinion within the last year will offer some insight into the stability of the relationship between the United States and China.

Dina Smeltz discusses survey data reflecting Japanese opinion on US-China relations.

As Russia and China grow closer through economic ties, a joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs-Levada Analytical Center survey finds that the Russian public sees little downside to the growing bilateral relationship.

While China might be losing friends in many countries, it still has the support of the Russian public.

Dina Smeltz unpacks new Council data that show Americans across political parties are concerned about China's rise.

Recent survey data shows the US public's overall feeling is that the US should cooperate with China rather than actively work to limit its advances.

A report from the Task Force on Trilateral Cooperation Amid China’s Rise recommends a new policy mix that leverages each country’s individual strengths and advantages.

President Joe Biden will host the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, in December 2022. Africa’s shift toward China, Russia will be the meeting subtext.

A new poll shows Iranians recognize the economic and security benefits of a closer relationship with China.

The biggest obstacle to American understanding of China appears to be Washington’s seeming determination to misunderstand it, Paul Heer argues.

China is looking beyond the current environment to shape the global food system for its own food security.

Arik Burakovsky, Dina Smeltz, and Brendan Helm analyze a survey of American experts on Russia about opinions on the country's relations with China and India.

On some of the most significant issues of the day, including how the United States should respond to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Americans across party lines are in agreement, albeit often for different reasons.

The prestige and popularity of the World Cup is a political force beyond any nation's control, writes Chris Morris

Majorities of South Koreans cite low birthrates in South Korea and North Korea’s nuclear program as larger threats than China's economic or military power.

Craig Kafura unpacks Council survey findings on US attitudes toward Beijing.

Chicago Council and Asan Institute surveys conducted in 2019 find that both South Koreans and Americans see a strengthened US-ROK alliance as an asset in dealing with China, suggesting that Washington and Seoul can afford to strengthen coordination

China's Belt and Road Initiative serves as a sweeping urbanization project that aims to draw the world closer to Chinese markets and political influence.

It’s high time to re-launch the Civil Space Dialogue and the Space Security Exchange with China, argues Craig Kafura in War on the Rocks.

By tying itself to China, Germany risks making its mistakes with Russia all over again, argues Senior Nonresident Fellow John Austin.

Nonresident Senior Fellow Paul Heer analyzes former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd’s take on US-China relations in the National Interest.

In this report edited by Ian Klaus and Samuel Kling, a diverse set of experts examine the question of rights in, and to, the city in a wide and exciting array of geographies and contexts.

Paul Heer argues that US engagement with China has not failed - it just has not succeeded yet, and is still worth trying.

Dan Glickman argues the US must find ways to work with China on issues of global importance, especially food and agriculture.

"A China beginning to lose the underpinnings of its new-found international influence could prove even more dangerous," John Austin writes.

Samuel Kling, Florita Gunasekara, and Steven Bosacker examine the role of cities in generating and strengthening democratic practices as authoritarianism rises across much of the world.

"If there’s one thing the two sides agree on, it’s that they disagree on some fundamental issues," Paul Poast writes.

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.

Both foreign policy leaders and the American public back “friendshoring."

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

This joint report examines the public opinion of changes taking place in the Asia-Pacific, including mutual concerns and competing visions, in order to make better-informed policy decisions.