Even before chemical weapons furor, Assad had little support among publics in the region
Even before Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was accused of using chemical weapons, he was widely unpopular with publics in neighboring countries.
Survey Report More than two years after the death of Osama bin Laden, concern about Islamic extremism remains widespread among Muslims from South Asia to the Middle East to sub-Saharan Africa. Across 11 Muslim publics surveyed by the Pew Research Center, a median of 67% say they are somewhat or very concerned about Islamic extremism. […]
By Bruce Stokes, Director of Global Economic Attitudes, Pew Research Center Special to Nikkei East Asia’s demographic clock is ticking, and it’s loudest in Japan. But by the middle of the century South Korea may face an equal aging challenge, with China not far behind. Meanwhile, few East Asians are confident of an adequate standard […]
Survey Report Mali holds a presidential election July 28, its first election since the French military led a January 2013 intervention to oust Islamic rebels from the north of the country. As Malians go to the polls, Africans, on balance, approve of the French military incursion in its former colony and France enjoys a largely […]
For analysis, we grouped the 39 countries surveyed into six regions – North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia/Pacific, Latin America and Africa. North America includes: • Canada • United States Europe includes countries from both Western and Eastern Europe: • Britain • France • Germany • Italy • Spain • Greece • Poland • Czech Republic • […]
About this Study A number of people at the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism worked on Pew Research’s “The Crisis over Syria: How Al Jazeera America Tackled Its First Major Story.” Associate Director Mark Jurkowitz and Director Amy Mitchell wrote the report. Research Analyst Katerina-Eva Matsa analyzed the statistics and created the […]