British and Canadians Criticize Leaders for Following U.S. Lead August 9, 2006 Polls Show Weak Support for Missions in Iraq and Afghanistan Two of President Bush’s closest allies—Great Britain’s Tony Blair and Canada’s Stephen Harper—have alienated voters by seeming to follow the United States’ lead on policy toward the MiddleContinue Reading

Americans Believe Israeli Actions Are Justified but Share International Reservations about Extent of Military Offensive August 2, 2006 A strong majority of Americans believe Israel is justified in taking action against the Hezbollah militia. But recent polls also show that U.S. support for Israel�s offensive is not absolute. Most AmericansContinue Reading

World Public Says Iraq War has Increased Global Terrorist Threat February 28, 2006 Favors Early Withdrawal from Iraq But Not If New Government Asks Forces to Stay Questionnaire/Methodology A new global poll finds that in 33 of 35 countries surveyed, the most common view is that the war in IraqContinue Reading

The American Public on the Islamic World June 7, 2005 Comments By PIPA Director Steven Kull at the Conference on US-Islamic World Relations Co-Sponsored by the Qatar Foreign Ministry and the Saban Center of the Brookings Institution DOHA, Qatar—When Americans look at events in the Middle East, they do notContinue Reading

U.S. Public Impatient With Iraq Reconstruction December 3, 2003 Seven in 10 Now Say UN Should Take Lead Questionnaire A new PIPA-Knowledge Networks poll finds that the public is impatient with the process of Iraq reconstruction. Sixty percent said that the process of creating an Iraqi government is going tooContinue Reading