While the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is hardly a top American priority now, the transition to a new U.S. administration has revived the conversation about what the United States could or should do to break the current stalemate. President-elect Donald Trump himself touched on the issue in his recent conversation with theContinue Reading
While there is much post-election interest in a small demographic of voters who shifted from voting for Barack Obama to Donald Trump, an in-depth study conducted in the midst of the election finds that Trump’s victory was buoyed by a broad-based, nearly universal crisis of confidence in how the federalContinue Reading
July 16, 2012 Majorities in Districts with High Defense Spending Also Favor Cuts A unique survey conducted by the Program for Public Consultation, the Stimson Center, and the Center for Public Integrity has found that substantial cuts to the defense budget are favored by majorities in both Red and BlueContinue Reading
American Public Sees Democratization of Middle East as Positive for US April 11, 2011 Favors Democratization Even if Countries Become Less Friendly to US Full report (PDF) Questionnaire with findings (PDF) An overwhelming majority of Americans think that it would be positive for the United States if the Middle EastContinue Reading
On Egypt: What Should America Do Now? March 9, 2011 Analysis by Steven Kull Reprinted from the Harvard International Review For decades, the United States stood by as the Egyptian government suppressed the freedom and democracy of its people, sowing anti-Americanism in the masses. As the Egyptian people rose up,Continue Reading