5 facts about presidential travel abroad
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted international travel in 2020 and 2021, but diplomatic travel picked up significantly in 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted international travel in 2020 and 2021, but diplomatic travel picked up significantly in 2022.
Though younger people tend to be more internationally oriented than older adults, they differ from one another over how they want their country to engage with the world.
Belgium, Finland and Italy are among the European countries with the shortest median lengths of government.
To assess how people perceive America’s role on the world stage, we asked respondents to what extent they feel the U.S.: Does the U.S. consider other countries’ interests? A median of 50% across the 23 countries surveyed say the U.S. does not take their country’s interests into account in making international policy decisions, while a […]
Amid growing discontent with the state of democracy globally, we asked over 30,000 people what changes would make their democracy work better.
In 24 places where detailed statistics are available, same-sex marriages in recent years have ranged from less than 1% to 3.4% of all marriages.
In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
Views regarding Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are somewhat more mixed than those of Putin: A median of 51% across 24 countries have at least some confidence in Zelenskyy to do the right thing regarding world affairs, while 39% say they have not too much or no confidence at all. In about half of the countries […]
The share of the public that supports authoritarian systems ranges from 85% in India to 8% in Sweden.
When comparing world leaders associated with the Russia-Ukraine conflict, it is clear there is more confidence in the Ukrainian, American, French and German leaders than the Russian one. In fact, in 17 of the 24 countries surveyed, Zelenskyy or Biden garner the highest confidence ratings across the five leaders tested. These include French President Macron, […]