Americans are divided over U.S. role globally and whether international engagement can solve problems
There are differences by age in Americans’ attitudes about whether the U.S. should focus more on domestic problems or be more globally active.
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There are differences by age in Americans’ attitudes about whether the U.S. should focus more on domestic problems or be more globally active.
Among 17 publics surveyed, those in Japan report the most negative assessment of how their country has handled the pandemic.
China has had the world’s largest population since at least 1950 but is now projected to experience an absolute decline as early as 2023.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is scheduled to visit the White House this week as she wraps up her final year in office.
The U.S. receives relatively poor marks compared with other countries and organizations when it comes to dealing with the coronavirus outbreak.
Fewer than 1 million foreign students enrolled for either online or in-person classes at U.S. universities in the 2020-21 school year.
Positive views of the U.S. have rebounded across 17 advanced economies since last year, while most continue to see China unfavorably.
Most people view their own government’s record on personal freedoms more favorably than they do when it comes to the U.S. and especially China.
Most people in 8 EU countries thought their country – and the bloc as a whole – had done a good job dealing with the pandemic this summer.
The course of the pandemic in India and China will have a substantial effect on changes in the distribution of income at the global level.
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