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Nov 18, 2009 - As international pressure mounts on Iran to halt its nuclear program, Americans and Europeans generally express serious concerns about the potential threat. Notably, Russians are less worried.
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Nov 18, 2009 - According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center, just more than half (52%) of Americans say they are very concerned about the possible rise of Islamic extremism in the United States, up from 46% in April 2007.
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Nov 12, 2009 - As Obama embarks on his first trip to Asia he will be greeted by publics confident in his judgment regarding world affairs and who generally agree with his policies.
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Nov 11, 2009 - While both Americans and Western Europeans generally believe the "Af-Pak" region potentially poses significant threats to national security, they do not share a common view about the deployment of military forces in Afghanistan.
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Nov 05, 2009 - As Obama weighs difficult choices in Afghanistan, the public also appears to be finding it difficult to judge the merits of different options for expanding, maintaining or contracting the U.S. effort on that front.
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Nov 02, 2009 - Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, publics of former Iron Curtain countries generally look back approvingly at the collapse of communism. However, enthusiasm has dimmed in most of the countries surveyed, and many say that most people were better off under communism. These are among the major findings of a new, 14-nation survey by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project.
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Oct 06, 2009 - The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds substantial public support for non-military strategies aimed at persuading Iran from going ahead with its nuclear program. Yet there is considerable skepticism that these efforts – tougher international sanctions as well as direct talks with Iran – would succeed in getting Iran to drop its nuclear program.
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Sep 23, 2009 - A survey of Mexico finds most dissatisfied with the direction of their country. Huge numbers say the economy, crime, drugs and corruption are very big problems. One in three would migrate if they had the chance; most would do so without authorization.
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Sep 22, 2009 - Public support for keeping U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan has declined since June and Americans express decidedly mixed views about whether the United States is making progress in reducing civilian casualties, defeating the Taliban militarily and establishing democracy in Afghanistan.
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Sep 21, 2009 - Opinion of the United Nations has grown more positive since 2007 in 12 of the 25 nations surveyed by the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project—and nowhere more than in the United States.
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Sep 14, 2009 - While Canadians were never as negative about the U.S. as Western Europe was, their overall views of America have risen sharply. However, strong differences remain over Afghanistan and American economic influence.
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Aug 13, 2009 - Pakistani public opinion has turned against al Qaeda and the Taliban, and no fewer than 69% of those polled express worry that extremists will take control of the nation. Ratings for President Asif Ali Zardari have also plummeted, as Pakistanis see their country in crisis.
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Jul 23, 2009 - In many countries opinions of the United States are now about as positive as they were at the beginning of the decade before George W. Bush took office, according to the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project. Improvements in the U.S. image have been most pronounced in Western Europe, where favorable ratings for both the nation and the American people have soared.
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Jun 18, 2009 - A solid majority continues to approve of the president's performance, but they express mixed views of several of his policies. Only about one-in-five Americans (21%) say the U.S. is less safe from terrorism under the Obama administration than under the Bush administration.
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May 28, 2009 - The swine flu story quickly topped the American media agenda when the story broke in late April. A new report examines press coverage of the outbreak in several countries.
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May 21, 2009 - Centrism has emerged as a dominant factor in public opinion as the Obama administration begins. Republicans and Democrats are even more divided than in the past, while an increasing number of Americans identify as independents. The Pew Research Center's long-term values study tracks beliefs and attitudes—on government, business, race, religion and more—shaping public opinion and influencing voting behavior.
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Apr 28, 2009 - Support for trade agreements is up nine points—from 35% to 44%—putting positive views of trade back in line with long-term trends. Americans in low-income families and Democrats are much more supportive of trade this year.
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Mar 25, 2009 - Polls suggest Obama may receive a mostly—but not entirely—warm reception on his overseas trip with stops in Britain, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey.
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Mar 12, 2009 - Extremist groups are launching increasing strikes throughout a country in which support for al Qaeda or the Taliban has declined sharply in recent years and where few agree with their tactic of preventing education for girls.
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Mar 05, 2009 - According to a new commentary from the Pew Global Attitudes Project, the economic crisis could have troubling implications for public opinion in the former Eastern Bloc, where support for capitalism still remained weaker than in Western Europe and most other regions of the world.
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Feb 18, 2009 - Americans approve of Obama's handling of terrorist threats by more than two-to-one but views about Guantanamo, torture and surveillance remain divided along familiar lines.
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Feb 12, 2009 - As economically developing countries grow prosperous, their middle classes understandably become more satisfied with their lives and their values become more like those of the publics of advanced nations.
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Feb 10, 2009 - Since first elected president 10 years ago, Hugo Chavez has often portrayed himself as a regional leader, at the forefront of a new era of Latin American populism. However, in many countries in the region, Chavez fails to inspire much confidence.
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Jan 29, 2009 - The American public has long expressed strong support for Israel. In contrast, polls in Western Europe have frequently found more support for the Palestinians. But while they generally take different sides in the conflict, political ideology matters in both America and Europe.
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Jan 22, 2009 - The celebratory tone that characterized international media coverage of Barack Obama's historic election victory was again pervasive in many of the stories about his inauguration. However, many newspapers noted the more somber tone of Obama's speech, and were themselves relatively somber about the enormous challenges and inflated expectations facing the new president.
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Jan 15, 2009 - Just as concern about energy dependence has become widespread, so too have unfavorable views of Russia and its Prime Minister Putin.
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Jan 13, 2009 - Americans have a mixed view of the war in Gaza, and see it in much the same way as they viewed Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah in 2006, according to the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. As in the past, Americans express strong support for Israel, but there is limited approval of the current military action. However, Hamas is largely seen as primarily responsible for the outbreak of violence.
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Jan 08, 2009 - Before the current Middle East conflict, Hamas hardly enjoyed universal popularity among Muslims, and among some key Arab publics, its support had been waning.
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Jan 07, 2009 - As Barack Obama prepares to take office, majorities say the country is losing ground on any number of key issues, particularly economic ones.
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Dec 18, 2008 - This report reviews many of the project's key findings on America's image during the Bush presidency, as well as other major global trends, such as tensions between Western and Muslim nations, changes in the global economy, and the rise of China.
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Dec 02, 2008 - Recent reports from the Pew Global Attitudes Project show Indians to be very positive about their economic situation. India is clearly embracing the economic aspects of globalization, with high levels of support for international trade.
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Nov 13, 2008 - "GOBAMA!" gushed Britain's Daily Mirror the day after Barack Obama's electoral victory. Other newspapers around the world were scarcely less enthusiastic but notes of concern and discord were also registered.
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Oct 07, 2008 - Well before the current economic crisis circled the globe, publics worldwide were well aware that U.S. economic conditions affected their own economies. Most -- including the U.S. itself -- viewed that influence in a negative light.
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Sep 24, 2008 - A nationwide survey on foreign policy attitudes by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, conducted in collaboration with the Council on Foreign Relations, finds that the public is feeling much better about how the war in Iraq is going these days, but at the same time has a sharply diminished appetite for U.S. efforts to deal with an array of global problems.
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Sep 17, 2008 - Growing numbers of people in several major European countries say they have an unfavorable opinion of Jews, and opinions of Muslims also are more negative than they were several years ago. These findings are from a new Pew Global Attitudes Project report, based on data gathered from 24 countries from regions throughout the world, that examine worldwide religiosity and take a close look at Muslim publics' attitudes toward terrorism, Osama bin Laden, Hamas, Hezbollah and more.
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Jul 22, 2008 - The 2008 Pew Global Attitudes survey in China finds that more than eight-in-ten Chinese are satisfied with their country's overall direction and their national economy, a significant increase in contentment from earlier in the decade. But levels of personal satisfaction are generally lower than the national measures, and the poll suggests the Chinese people - who express concern about inflation and pollution - may be struggling with the consequences of economic growth.
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Jun 16, 2008 - More Americans now say that the United States is less respected in the world than it has been in the past, and a growing proportion views this as a major problem for the country.
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Jun 12, 2008 - The latest survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project finds some encouraging signs for America’s global image for the first time this decade. But around the world, people have a new concern: slumping economic conditions. The notable exceptions are China and India, where people remain upbeat about their nation’s economy.
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May 06, 2008 - According to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 61% of Americans say they have a favorable impression of the pontiff, up from 52% in late March.
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May 05, 2008 - Iraq, the war on terrorism, support for Israel and other key features of U.S. foreign policy continue to generate animosity toward America in the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere. On the bright side, America seems to be winning the battle of ideas on some important fronts and improving U.S. image problems is not impossible.
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Apr 15, 2008 - A Pew Global Attitudes survey finds that social trust varies greatly among countries, but high levels are generally linked to positive social outcomes.
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Mar 19, 2008 - The Pew Research Center finds that a year after problems at Walter Reed and other military hospitals made major news, Americans see no improvement in treatment of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Mar 19, 2008 - Ratings of how things are going in Iraq have improved over the past year, but a clear majority now say the initial decision to go to war was wrong.
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Mar 12, 2008 - The Pew Research Center reports that public awareness of the number of American military killed in Iraq has declined sharply since last August along with news coverage of the war.
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Feb 27, 2008 - Opinion polling -- showing a consistent Russian preference for a strong leader over a democratic government -- suggests the outcome of Russia's presidential election is a foregone conclusion.
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Jan 03, 2008 - Despite economic progress and an upbeat pre-election mood, this Pew Research Center poll found greater concern in Kenya about tribal rivalries than in all but two other African nations surveyed.
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Dec 28, 2007 - What the former prime minister's death means for the country's stability is highly uncertain, but it is clear that Pakistanis, while supportive of democratic elections and disapproving of militant extremism, remain highly skeptical of the U.S.
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Dec 19, 2007 - The Pew Research Center released a compilation of the top 15 stories in which public opinion played a significant role, and the year's most notable "non-barking dogs."
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Dec 11, 2007 - Rising anti-Americanism in recent years has given China a decided image advantage over the U.S. But Pew Research Center polls suggests that perceptions of China's increasing military and economic power could boost anti-Chinese sentiment in years to come.
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Dec 03, 2007 - Introduction to the Fall 2007 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's president Rebecca Rimel.
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Jul 23, 2007 - The planet is a happier place these days, at least in many parts of the world where incomes are low and life is tough ... but economies are improving, according to this 47-nation survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project.
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Jul 12, 2007 - The growth rate of China's internet user population has been outpacing that of the U.S., and China is projected to overtake the U.S. in the total number of users within a few years, according to a Pew Research Center study.
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Jun 01, 2007 - A 47-nation Pew Global Attitudes Project survey found global public opinion increasingly wary of the world's dominant nations and disapproving of their leaders.
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May 01, 2007 - The first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans found them to be largely assimilated, happy with their lives, and moderate.
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Aug 31, 2006 - Introduction to the Summer 2006 issue of Trust magazine by Pew's President Rebecca Rimel.
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Jun 13, 2006 - A 15-nation Pew Global Attitudes Project report on America's image around the world.
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Nov 16, 2005 - Pew Research Center analyst presents report on findings about China from the PRC's Global Attitudes Surveys.
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Jul 21, 2005 - National survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press on Iraq and the war against terrorism.
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Feb 03, 2005 - Pew Global Attitudes commentary on how much support there is for democracy in the Muslim world.
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Oct 01, 2004 - A new subsidiary — the Pew Research Center — is one change following Pew's governing transformation. The components of this organization, however, are well known.
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Aug 19, 2004 - A survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that foreign affairs and national security issues are looming larger than economic concerns in the 2004 presidential election.
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Jan 29, 2004 - A 2003 year-end report from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press summarizes nearly 50,000 interviews in the U.S. and worldwide.
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