Americans’ views of key foreign policy goals depend on their attitudes toward international cooperation
Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.
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Americans’ views on foreign policy priorities differ based on a number of factors, including their attitudes toward international engagement.
As democratic nations have wrestled with economic, social and geopolitical upheaval in recent years, the future of liberal democracy has come into question. Our international surveys reveal key insights into how citizens think about democratic governance.
Focus groups held across the two nations reveal the degree to which Americans and Britons see common challenges to local and national identity.
Support for international cooperation can vary significantly depending on the amount of trust that people tend to place in others.
Indians see religious tolerance as a central part of who they are as a nation. Across the major religious groups, most people say it is very important to respect all religions to be “truly Indian.”
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.
Wide majorities in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed say having people of many different backgrounds improves their society, but most also see conflicts between partisan, racial and ethnic groups.
Twenty years ago, Americans came together – bonded by sadness and patriotism – after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But a review of public opinion in the two decades since finds that unity was fleeting. It also shows how support for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was strong initially but fell over time.
Fewer adults have confidence in Joe Biden to handle the U.S.-China relationship than other foreign policy issues.
A look at how supporters of European populist parties stand out on key issues, from the European Union to Putin.
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