Search results for: “democracy”

short readsNov 17, 2017

Despite apparent coup in Zimbabwe, armed takeovers have become less common worldwide

Since the end of World War II, there have been 225 successful coups (counting the events in Zimbabwe) in countries with populations greater than 500,000, according to the Center for Systemic Peace, which maintains extensive datasets on various forms of armed conflict and political violence. Most coups occurred during the height of the Cold War, from the 1960s through the 1980s.
short readsDec 13, 2016

Americans still favor ties with Cuba after Castro’s death, U.S. election

Three-quarters of U.S. adults approve of the decision last year to re-establish relations with Cuba, and nearly as many favor ending the trade embargo.
short readsMar 18, 2016

5 facts about U.S. relations with Cuba

The renewal of diplomatic and economic ties has drawn widespread support in the U.S., but significant partisan differences on the future of the relationship between the two countries remain.
short readsAug 14, 2015

People in U.S., Latin America approve of renewing U.S. ties with Cuba

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (73%) say they approve of the U.S. renewing ties with Cuba. A similar median of 77% across five Latin American countries surveyed also approve of this action.
reportJul 21, 2015

Growing Public Support for U.S. Ties With Cuba – And an End to the Trade Embargo

Survey Report As the United States and Cuba moved this week to end more than 50 years of diplomatic conflict, public support for re-establishing relations with Cuba has increased. There is equally broad, and growing, support for ending the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba. In addition, a separate survey released today finds that the publics […]
short readsNov 3, 2014

Berlin Wall’s fall marked the end of the Cold War for the American public

The impact of the “Fall of the Wall” on American opinions about the Cold War were as profound as the event was dramatic.
reportOct 18, 2012

On Eve of Foreign Debate, Growing Pessimism about Arab Spring Aftermath

Overview As next week’s third and final presidential debate on foreign policy approaches, a national survey by the Pew Research Center finds increasing public pessimism about developments in the Middle East and more support for tough policies to deal with Iran’s nuclear program and economic issues with China. However, there is no change in the […]
reportDec 6, 2011

An ‘Iron Hand’ Is No Substitute For Democracy

Two decades ago, a survey conducted by the Times Mirror Center of the Soviet Union during perestroika showed a huge divide between hardline communists and the young, urban Russians who backed Boris Yeltsin and favoured a free market economy. Last weekend’s election results show how the divide endures 20 years on. A new Pew Research […]
reportDec 6, 2011

An ‘Iron Hand’ Is No Substitute For Democracy

The experience of the former Soviet Union’s struggles to make the transition to a more open society holds an important lesson for the Middle East, a region in which the democratic tide still swells despite panicked opposition from some and the efforts of others to regulate its tempo.
reportJun 10, 2011

Views of Middle East Unchanged by Recent Events

Overview Major events in the Middle East –including tensions between the U.S. and Israel, growing political unrest in many Arab countries, and the death of Osama bin Laden – have had little effect on public attitudes toward the region. Regarding the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, far more Americans continue to say they sympathize with Israel rather than […]

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Search results for: “democracy”

Americans still favor ties with Cuba after Castro’s death, U.S. election

5 facts about U.S. relations with Cuba

People in U.S., Latin America approve of renewing U.S. ties with Cuba

Growing Public Support for U.S. Ties With Cuba – And an End to the Trade Embargo

Berlin Wall’s fall marked the end of the Cold War for the American public

On Eve of Foreign Debate, Growing Pessimism about Arab Spring Aftermath

An ‘Iron Hand’ Is No Substitute For Democracy

An ‘Iron Hand’ Is No Substitute For Democracy

Views of Middle East Unchanged by Recent Events

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