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    Majority of Americans Believe It Is Essential That the U.S. Remain a Global Leader in Space

    Sixty years after the founding of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), most Americans believe the United States should be at the forefront of global leadership in space exploration. Majorities say the International Space Station has been a good investment for the country and that, on balance, NASA is still vital to the future […]

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    Many people in other countries closely follow news about the U.S.

    Across 37 countries surveyed in the spring of 2017, a median of 48% say they closely follow news about the U.S., compared with 50% who do not. Interest in news about the U.S. is highest in Canada, where 78% say they track it closely. Next highest is the Netherlands (75%), followed by some of America’s closest allies: Japan, Germany and Australia. Across 10 European nations, a median of 51% say they follow news about America closely.

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    Methodology

    About Pew Research Center’s survey of foreign policy experts The survey of foreign policy experts was conducted among invitees of the German Marshall Fund’s annual Brussels Forum and alumni of the GMF’s fellowship and educational programs, including: the Marshall Memorial Fellowship, the Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network, the Manfred Wörner Seminar and the American Political Science […]

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    ‘Particularly good days’ are common in Africa, Latin America and the U.S.

    If you live in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America or the United States, you are more likely than people in other regions of the world to say you’re having a particularly good day. For the past several years, Pew Research Center’s annual Global Attitudes Survey has started with the following question: “How would you describe your […]

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    4. Beliefs about God

    Most people in Western Europe say they believe in God. But in Europe today, believing in God does not necessarily mean belief in the God of the Bible. Indeed, even though all 15 countries surveyed are historically Christian, and nearly all of them still have Christian majorities, fewer respondents say they believe in God “as […]