Faculty Fellow Joshua Busby surveys US opinion leaders’ positions on Ukraine, Israel-Gaza, and US alliances

Faculty Fellow and Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Dr. Joshua Busby’s research with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs has given insight on a number of US foreign policy issues. Dr. Busby research included surveying over 450 foreign policy opinion leaders prior to the 2024 election, with questions targeting foreign policy issues including ongoing global conflicts, US adversaries, and alliances.

On the war in Ukraine, research found that views on US assistance are largely consistent across partisan lines, with Democrats and Republicans expressing high levels of support for providing military supplies to Ukraine and low support for direct US military intervention. Similarly, Republican and Democratic opinion leaders are largely consistent in continuing their support for US alliances abroad, particularly in upholding the US’s existing commitment to NATO. This contrasts opinions on the Israel-Gaza Conflict, where 70% of Republican leaders favor providing military support to Israel until the eradication of Hamas compared to only 29% of Democratic leaders. Opinions on the Israel-Gaza conflict seem sharply divided along partisan lines.

Read more about Dr. Busby’s survey data through the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on the following issues:

US opinion leaders’ positions on Ukraine. 
US opinion leaders’ positions on Israel-Gaza. 
US opinion leaders’ positions on US alliances.