Council-Ipsos Flash Polling

Once a month, the Council and Ipsos team up to measure public opinion on the major foreign policy issues of the moment.

Ipsos logoAs the 2024 presidential election approaches, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs is partnering with Ipsos to conduct monthly polling on American public opinion on key foreign policy issues. Stay tuned for regular updates on attitudes toward Russia’s war in Ukraine, the ongoing conflict in Gaza, and more. 

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Dina Smeltz
Vice President, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
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Dina Smeltz, a polling expert, has more than 25 years of experience designing and fielding international social and political surveys. Prior to joining the Council to lead its annual survey of American attitudes on US foreign policy, she served in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the US State Department's Office of Research from 1992 to 2008.
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Craig Kafura
Director of Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
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Craig Kafura is the director of public opinion and foreign policy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project, and a Pacific Forum Young Leader. At the Council, he coordinates work on public opinion and foreign policy and is a regular contributor to the public opinion and foreign policy blog Running Numbers.
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Karl Friedhoff
Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies
Council expert Karl Friedhoff
Karl Friedhoff was a Korea Foundation-Mansfield Foundation US-Korea Nexus Scholar and a member of the Mansfield Foundation’s Trilateral Working Group prior to joining the Council. Previously, he was a program officer in the Public Opinion Studies Program at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies based in Seoul, South Korea.
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Lama El Baz
Research Assistant, Public Opinion and US Foreign Policy
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Lama El Baz joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in 2023 as a research assistant for the public opinion and US foreign policy team within the Lester Crown Center. She is passionate about public opinion research, data analytics, and the regional affairs of the Middle East and North Africa.
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honor guard members in Tiananmen Square in Beijing Public Opinion
Ng Han Guan / AP
American Views of China Hit Record Low, Poll Finds, as Animosity Grows
In the News Washington Post by Craig Kafura

A majority now say the United States should work to actively limit the growth of China's power, Council polling finds.

Donald Trump pictured in front of a NATO flag US Foreign Policy
Evan Vucci / AP
How Trump Republicans Really Feel about NATO
In the News Politico

Support for the alliance—though solid overall—is becoming increasingly polarized, Ivo Daalder and Dina Smeltz write.

The US-Mexico border wall seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Public Opinion
Christian Chavez / AP
Republicans and Democrats Don’t Agree on a Single Immigration Policy: Poll
In the News The Hill by Craig Kafura

New Council-Ipsos polling reveals there is little common ground to be found between the right and left when it comes to immigration policy solutions.

Palestinians inspect the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive Public Opinion
Ismael Abu Dayyah / AP
Nearly One-Third of Americans Say Israel Has Gone Too Far in Gaza: Poll
In the News The Hill

A joint Council-Ipsos poll offer new insights into how Americans think the United States should respond to the war.