June 3, 2014 Views of Russia have strongly deteriorated since last year, as shown in the latest 24-country poll for BBC World Service conducted mostly before the events in Crimea. Feelings have become more negative in 13 countries polled, and are the most negative since the poll began in 2005.Continue Reading
July 17, 2012 Majority-Muslim Nations Less Concerned About Iran Acquiring Nukes Stewart Patrick analysis As the confrontation over Iran’s nuclear program intensifies–with stronger sanctions against Iran coming into effect and the United States beefing up its forces in the waters around Iran–international public support for sanctions on Iran is fairlyContinue Reading
May 11, 2012 Full Report (PDF) Positive views of the European Union and European nations have declined sharply over the last year–so much so that Germany has been overtaken by Japan as the world’s most positively viewed major nation, a new 22-country global poll for BBC World Service suggests. TheContinue Reading
January 18, 2012 But US Support for Deemphasizing Fossil Fuels Softens Public Opinion on Global Issues homepage Stewart Patrick analysis As world energy markets react to Iranian threats to close the Straits of Hormuz and the World Future Energy Summit convenes in Abu Dhabi this week, newly updated digests ofContinue Reading
Russian Public Wary of Obama July 2, 2009 Questionnaire/Methodology (PDF) When President Obama arrives in Russia for the Moscow summit he may face a cool reception. A new poll of Russians, conducted by the Levada Center as part of a larger WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that just 23 percent of RussiansContinue Reading