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Krynytsya (The Well), your wellspring for Ukraine and UkrainiansPublic opinion analyst Dina Smeltz reviews latest Ukraine pollDina Smeltz is vice president and senior fellow public opinion with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The Council was established in 1922, as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization for the purpose of increasing knowledge and engagement in global affairs. Its mission is to promote general public interest in the foreign policy of the United States. To this end, the organization conducts online events with expert speakers who lecture on world events. It also regularly conducts polls to gauge public opinion on foreign policy topics. Since February 2022 when the Russian invasion against Ukraine began, the Council has polled Americans about their views...
2025-05-2816 min
KEI LiveWhat Are Current American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula?Scott Snyder and James Kim of KEI sat down with Dina Smeltz from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs to discuss the results of KEI's 5th Annual Survey Report, and the current perceptions Americans have towards the Korean Peninsula.
This is a follow-up conversation to the live event KEI hosted about the survey results. You can find that event here: https://youtube.com/live/IQdVPZOKGpo?feature=share .
2024-11-1527 minKEI LiveWhat Are Current American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula?Scott Snyder and James Kim of KEI sat down with Dina Smeltz from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs to discuss the results of KEI's 5th Annual Survey Report, and the current perceptions Americans have towards the Korean Peninsula.
This is a follow-up conversation to the live event KEI hosted about the survey results. You can find that event here: https://youtube.com/live/IQdVPZOKGpo?feature=share .
2024-11-1527 min
The Korea SocietyThe 2024 U.S. Presidential Election - What It Could Mean at Home and AbroadJune 28, 2024 - Join us for a bipartisan pair of Former Members of Congress to hear a forecast unpacking how America’s 2024 presidential and congressional elections will impact U.S. domestic politics, U.S. foreign policy, and America’s dynamic relationship with South Korea. The conversation features former Representative Bart Gordon, Former Senator Tim Hutchinson, and Chicago Council on Global Affairs senior fellow Dina Smeltz, with opening remarks by the Republic of Korea Consul General Euy Whan Kim, Former Members of Congress (FMC) Chief Operating Officer Sabine Schleidt, and Korea Society President and CEO Thomas Byrne. The conversation will...
2024-06-281h 23
FiveThirtyEight PoliticsForeign Policy Has Become A Family FeudBoth Democrats and Republicans are facing intraparty conflict over foreign policy, Democrats over the war in Gaza and Republicans over the war in Ukraine. Could these conflicts help determine who wins the presidency in November?On this episode of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew invites Dina Smeltz, senior fellow on public opinion and foreign policy at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, to break down how the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine have divided the parties. They also preview the upcoming South Carolina primary race, and ask whether a recent poll of political scientists intending to create...
2024-02-2351 min
The Korea SocietyIs Sentiment Shifting on Foreign Policy, Alliances, and the US-Korea Relationship?December 14, 2023 - How does the US public view America’s place in the world? How strong are the bonds between the US and Korea? Conversely, how does the Korean public view the United States as a partner and an ally? How are these views changing and what are the implications for global geopolitics, the US-Korea Alliance, and peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula? The expert panel includes: Troy Stangarone, Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI) and an author of KEI’s “2023 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula,” Dina Smeltz, Senior Fellow, Public Opinion...
2023-12-141h 13
Deep Dish on Global AffairsHow Partisan is US Foreign Policy? Deep Dish explores how America's hyper partisan politics are impacting foreign policy actions. Author Jordan Tama shares revelations from his new book, while the Council's Dina Smeltz unveils fresh survey data to expose how partisanship plays out in US foreign policy. Reading List: Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy: Cooperation in a Polarized Age, Jordan Tama, Oxford University Press, September 1, 2023 Public Opinion Survey Reports
2023-11-0224 min
The Mona Charen ShowNihilists in the Driver's SeatThird Way's Matt Bennett joins the group to discuss the Speaker debacle, the No Labels threat, and Trump's fraud trial.
highlights/lowlights
Matt: The problem(s) with blaming Democrats for McCarthy’s downfall
Damon: ‘Red Caesarism’ is rightwing code – and some Republicans are listening by Jason Wilson, The Guardian
Linda: How Red State Politics are Shaving Years Off American Lives by Lauren Weber, Dan Diamond and Dan Keating, The Washington Post
Mona: John Kelly goes on the record to confirm several disturbing stories about Trump
Bill: American Public Support...
2023-10-061h 01
Deep Dish on Global AffairsThe Oppenheimer Effect: Reigniting Nuclear Awareness Deep Dish explores the recently released 'Oppenheimer' film and journeys back to the Cold War era when nuclear weapons were etched into popular consciousness. Rachel Bronson and Avery Restrepo of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists explore how nuclear weapons have seemingly faded from public awareness. They draw parallels to today and suggest ways that Gen Z can shape a safer and more responsible future. Reading List: Majority in US Want to Learn More about Nuclear Policy, Dina Smeltz, Craig Kafura, and Sharon Weiner, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, July 19, 2023
2023-08-1040 min
Crashing the War PartyUS 'Counterterrorism strategy' is failure by another name, w/ Elizabeth ShackelfordAll of the taxpayer-funded security assistance — including US troops, arms and advisors — given to African countries in the name of "counterterrorism" over the last 20 years has only resulted in more coups, more violence, and more terrorists. This week we talk to Elizabeth Shackelford, a former career diplomat with the U.S. State Department and author of The Dissent Channel: American Diplomacy in a Dishonest Age, about why. She also explains how this is a microcosm of the failed Global War on Terror writ large. In the intro segment, Dan and Kelley talk about the recent protests in Kazakhstan and how...
2022-01-1438 min
Notre Dame International Security CenterFlash Panel | The Fall of AfghanistanThe Fall of Afghanistan: What Does it Mean for America and the World?
A virtual flash panel discussion on the fall of Afghanistan featuring Michael Desch, Mary Ellen O'Connell, Dina Smeltz, and Eugene Gholz.
Recorded: August 24, 2021
2021-08-2656 min
Gridlock BreakDivided We Stand: Democrats and Republicans Diverge on U.S. Foreign PolicyDina Smeltz and Craig Kafura are both experts on public opinion and foreign policy with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. They will discuss their recent report about American views on foreign policy in the age of COVID-19. Smeltz and Kafura say voters do not generally choose a candidate on the basis of foreign policy, but that’s starting to change amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. As indicated by the title of their report, Divided We Stand, Democrats and Republicans do not generally agree on issues of foreign policy. But Smeltz and Kafura do see a few are...
2020-11-241h 00
Hopkins Podcast on Foreign Affairs2020 Elections: Foreign Policy Polling with Dina Smeltz
In our final episode of our 2020 election series, we discuss public opinion polling on issues of foreign policy. On what issues of foreign policy do Democrats and Republicans agree with each other? What does the American public view as most threatening to America’s national security? How have opinions of trade and alliances changed over time? To help us answer these questions, today on the podcast we are joined by Dina Smeltz.
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2020-10-2800 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsTrump and Biden Voters Deeply Divided on Foreign PolicyDemocrats and Republicans are in different worlds when it comes to evaluating critical threats facing the United States and preferred foreign policy approaches, according to findings of the 2020 Chicago Council Survey. Council polling experts Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura join Deep Dish to examine how public opinion matches up with the candidates' perspectives and whether issues like China's rise, global cooperation, climate change, and trade are driving voter decision making.
2020-10-2235 min
Carnegie Council Video PodcastVox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy, with Dina Smeltz & Mark HannahWhat do Americans think about the role the United States should be playing in the world? How do they conceive of the different trade-offs between domestic and international affairs, among competing options and sets of interests and values? The Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Dina Smeltz and Eurasia Group Foundation's Mark Hannah share the results of surveys from their organizations in this conversation with Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev.
2020-06-0917 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsVox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy, with Dina Smeltz & Mark HannahWhat do Americans think about the role the United States should be playing in the world? How do they conceive of the different trade-offs between domestic and international affairs, among competing options and sets of interests and values? The Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Dina Smeltz and Eurasia Group Foundation's Mark Hannah share the results of surveys from their organizations in this conversation with Senior Fellow Nikolas Gvosdev.
2020-05-2959 min
The Slavic Connexion"The Russia Factor": From Japan to the Crimea Consensus (ASEEES)Russia and Japan have yet to reconcile when it comes to the islands in the Pacific. Professor Akaha gives us his take on the relations between these two nations in the aftermath of the Cold War. Then, in the second half of the episode, Dr. Smeltz from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs explains her findings from surveys that reveal Russians still approve of Putin's foreign policy and also the increased negativity of Americans towards Russians post-Crimean annexation.
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Tsuneo Akaha
Professor Akaha currently teaches at Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS). He...
2020-01-2341 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsAmerican Foreign Policy in the 2020 ElectionNational security, alliances, immigration, and trade wars have already surfaced in debates and speeches by 2020 US presidential candidates. But how do the candidates' ideas match those of Americans overall? James M. Lindsay of the Council on Foreign Relations joins the Council's Dina Smeltz to discuss the findings of the newly released 2019 Chicago Council Survey on how Americans view US foreign policy.
2019-09-1930 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsWhy Worry about Global Population Decline?The world is in for a shock. Global population is expected to peak and then decline this century, reshaping everything from economic growth and immigration to government spending. Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson, authors of the provocative new book Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline, join the Council's Brian Hanson and Dina Smeltz to discuss why it's happening and how nations can prepare for this radical shift.
2019-03-2833 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsHow Popular is US Foreign Policy?Two distinguished public opinion surveys reveal how American foreign policy is perceived at home and abroad. Pew's director of global attitudes research Richard Wike joins Dina Smeltz, lead author of the Chicago Council Survey on US public opinion on foreign policy, to discuss their findings.
2018-10-1132 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsYou Can't Build a Wall Around France - May 5, 2017The race for the French presidency between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen is approaching its final stage. From the spike in populism to the floundering of primary party leadership, this election will play a major role in determining the direction of political winds across the West. Join the consul general of France in Chicago, Vincent Floreani; the Council's Dick Longworth, who brings decades of experience as the Chicago Tribune's chief European correspondent; and the Council's Dina Smeltz, our public opinion, polling, and foreign policy expert, as they discuss what looks familiar and different about the French election on this...
2017-05-0433 min
Deep Dish on Global AffairsThe US Election and the Global Economy - Nov. 17, 2016Trade and globalization seem to have played an outsized role in this year's election. On this week's episode of Deep Dish, Council vice president of studies Brian T. Hanson sat down with experts Phil Levy, Dina Smeltz, and Diana Mutz to discuss.
2016-11-1729 minNotre Dame International Security CenterDina Smeltz - Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in 2016Dina Smeltz - Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in 2016 by Notre Dame International Security Center
2016-11-021h 25
Deep Dish on Global AffairsPublic Opinion And Debates - Oct. 6, 2016With the 2016 Chicago Council Survey of American attitudes on foreign policy in hand, Vice President of Studies Brian Hanson sat down with Council polling experts Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura before Sunday's debate to find out how American public opinion compares with what the candidates are saying in the latest episode of our new Deep Dish podcast.
2016-10-0623 min
Chicago Policy ReviewPolicy Radio | Dina Smeltz and Craig Kafura on American Public Opinion of U.S. Foreign PolicyIn this week’s episode of Chicago Policy Radio, Julie Cooper sits down with two public opinion researchers from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs to talk about new trends in the results of the 2012 Chicago Council Survey on American public opinion of U.S. foreign policy.
2013-01-0400 min