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China’s growing contributions to African development should not automatically be feared, but their presence should recalibrate US approaches.

In this Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog Craig Kafura explains Japans Coronavirus Measures.

Council surveys find that younger Americans are still forming their views on Taiwan and US-Taiwan relations.

Both Millennials and Gen Z are more hesitant than their elders to endorse military approaches to foreign policy.

Over the past 12 months, our pollsters tracked public attitudes on everything from the war in Ukraine to conflict in the Middle East.

Reflect on the year with highlights from the Council's public opinion research and analysis.

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.

Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow and meeting with Putin made clear that China-Russia relations will only grow stronger, Paul Poast writes.

Europe’s aim should be “to affirm Washington’s commitment to de-risking—not to decouple the Chinese economy from their own,” writes Ivo Daalder.

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.

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

Elizabeth Shackelford discusses growing tensions between the US and China

NATO should focus its attention on the problem right next door, not on China, argues Council CEO Ivo Daalder.

Dina Smeltz discusses European opinion of the US post-Trump.

If CRISPR crops can avoid being regulated like GMOs, they can create significant opportunities for low- and middle-income countries, and help combat hunger and poverty.

Ian Klaus explores the “City and State Diplomacy Act” that seeks to mandate an official ambassador for State and municipal relations with foreign governments.

Our weekly roundup of the week's top news and research in food, agriculture, and global development.

"It is rarely acknowledged or even considered that Beijing actually shares much of Washington’s vision for the Indo-Pacific," argues Paul Heer in the National Interest.

Paul Heer discusses how recent recommendations on how to handle Beijing could be a recipe for trouble.

Mainstream political parties on both the right and the left are scrambling to capture the momentum and accommodate what they see as a profoundly nationalist moment in global politics.

Paul Heer discusses US-China relations.

Meet the new Red Scare. Is it the same as the old Red Scare?

There is little doubt that the WHO was slow in responding to the danger represented by the emergence of a potentially new virus in China and that it was too willing to accept Beijing’s statements of what was happening. It should have known better.

Ignoring its responsibility for starting the pandemic, Beijing has trumpeted its response as a model for others to follow.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey of South Korean attitudes towards the United States was conducted in December 2019 in South Korea.

Western outreach to the Global South should not reject China, but rather focus on the rules of the liberal, capitalist system that the US and China thrive in.

Kris Hartley and Asit K. Biswas discuss intellectual property protection and diplomacy through vaccine provision.

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

China’s balloon was not a “real strategic threat,” says Bruce Jentleson. “Our satellites overfly China all the time and theirs overfly us.”

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?

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

"As long as Russians are able to export oil, especially to China, that's going to keep them financially afloat," Paul Poast explains on WGN.

Actions by other players—including China’s neighbors and the United States—are key drivers of Beijing’s perception of the international environment and responses to it, Paul Heer explains.

Alexander Hitch explains the difference between manipulating and managing a currency and examines the advantages for China to engage in manipulation.

Survey data from several surveys in China show that the Chinese people are largely satisfied with their country's response to the pandemic.

Craig Kafura explains in the Diplomat how Sino-Russian ties are bolstered by deepening support from the Russian public according to the latest Chicago Council data.

“If Washington is prepared to acknowledge that it can coexist with China, the strategic rivalry could be managed peacefully,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura argue that a majority of Americans support backing Taiwan as the U.S. has backed Ukraine, as long as U.S. troops aren’t involved.

The bloc's popularity signals dissatisfaction with the Western-run global order, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Russians report limited impact of Western-imposed sanctions and continued support for the war in Ukraine.

China will need to promote domestic consumption to reach its potential GDP growth in 2023, argues Yang Yao.

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

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

Recent polling finds that Trump's favorability in South Korea has reached an all-time low of 17 percent—down 29 percentage points from last year

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.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs survey indicates the American public’s foreign policy attitudes demonstrate support for the pivot to Asia.

Ethan Kessler weighs in on US military preparedness to deal with any potential Chinese aggression toward Taiwan.

“Both sides continue to pursue policies that appear aimed more at competition and confrontation,” writes Paul Heer in the National Interest.

"As the new year rolls in, mutual distrust continues to obstruct mutual understanding," Paul Heer writes.

In picking fronts that offer the paths of least resistance, trilateral cooperation will maximize the presence of all three countries in ASEAN, maintaining balance in the region and making collective progress toward economic and development goals.