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Republicans are more concerned about China's rise than ever before.

As the youngest continent in the world, Africans want upper age limits for elected officials while still respecting elders.

Polling finds that Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have different preferences regarding a solution to the conflict with Israel.

Pakistan's military leaders lauded the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan this week. But will Pakistan's domestic threats—from a shaky economy to a rise in domestic terrorism—threaten the country's stability as a result of new leadership next

While Americans continue a culture war on the necessity and effectiveness of masks, one-quarter of the South Korean public is ready to wear them indefinitely.

While understandable, the mood of pessimism around COP27 obscures progress toward net zero and can be dangerously self-fulfilling, argues Chris Morris.

What is driving the recent increase in North Korean missile launches—and how should the US respond?

The public is more concerned about national security than promoting human rights and democracy abroad, Council polling shows.

While the US public believes trade is good for the economy, it does favors some restrictions—especially on goods such as semiconductors.

But public opinion is sharply divided along partisan lines, 2022 Chicago Council Survey data finds.

President Biden declared that "the pandemic is over." Council polling shows that when it comes to security and foreign policy, most Americans agree.

While younger Americans are most concerned about climate change, pluralities of each generation are ready to take action to prevent it.

Former US Special Envoy for Israeli Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk joined us after the 2021 cease-fire between Israel and Hamas to explore the pattern driving the violence.

A slim majority think Moscow should open up negotiations, but it is unclear what they might be willing to concede.

This Chicago Council on Global Affairs blog post by Dina Smeltz explores the current polarization in Nicaragua between the government and its citizens.

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.

But partisan divisions over using US troops to defend allies in Europe and Asia are growing.

US sanctions on Latin American countries have exacerbated the worsening economic and political conditions behind the current migrant surge.

While moderate Democrats are more supportive of funding the military, liberals are more willing to deploy troops to defend allies, 2021 Chicago Council Survey data show.

Chicago Council data show that some key foreign policy issues have the potential to disrupt Democratic Party unity.

As President Biden heads to the UN climate summit, one Senator has gutted his plans for clean energy reform.

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

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.

James Harding, Prashant Rao, and Nahal Toosi join Ivo Daalder to examine the latest on the Israel-Hamas War, its global implications, and what it means for the future of the Middle East.

Geopolitical debates on power and competition in the Arctic have been around since the Cold War. Is a new flashpoint ahead or is the danger overblown?

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

A joint Chicago Council on Global Affairs and IranPoll survey results show that although Iranian and American public support for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action has waned over time, there is still sizable backing for it in both countries.

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.

Surveys from the Chicago Council and the Levada Analytical Center show that Russians are generally indifferent to Navalny's actions, and more suspect that he staged his own poisoning or it was a "provocation from the West" than believe the Russia

Polling shows the Swedish public is keenly aware of the threat posed by Russia and favors a strong policy response to the invasion of Ukraine.

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.

The strategy debate has serious implications for both Taipei and, by association, the United States, argues Ethan Kessler.

While some areas of the world continue to see population growth—many countries in Africa, for example—fertility rates are falling everywhere else. What does that mean for geopolitics?

A new experiment by researchers from the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs finds that policy experts care about formal alliances. But even alliance relationships have limits.

Survey data shows that Russians are more likely than Americans to say that their nation's government handled the coronavirus pandemic effectively.

The pandemic, supply chains, and inflation hit this holiday shopping season. Are trade politics to blame? The Economist's Soumaya Keynes joins Deep Dish to discuss.

On the heels of Ukrainian president Zelenskyy’s meeting with US President Biden, the 2021 Chicago Council Survey finds that a record 50 percent of Americans favor the use of US troops if Russia were to invade the rest of Ukraine.

Chicago Council data support academic findings on differing national budget preferences between women and men.

Nearly half of Americans (47%) now say Washington should urge Kyiv to settle for peace as soon as possible.

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.

Weekly analysis of public opinion as governments around the world impose increasing restrictions and the number of active cases surges.

An update includes polling results from the United States, Japan, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, and Jordan.

The Chicago Council Survey team provides an update on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic includes polling results from around the world.