latest Pew Global Attitudes survey: all big powers in disrepute
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/524/global-unease-with-major-world-powers-and-leaders
Global Unease with Major World Powers and Leaders
47-Nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey Finds Rising Environmental
Concerns
June 27, 2007
A 47-nation survey finds global public opinion increasingly wary of
the world’s dominant nations and disapproving of their leaders. Anti-
Americanism is extensive, as it has been for the past five years. At
the same time, the image of China has slipped significantly among the
publics of other major nations. Opinion about Russia is mixed, but
confidence in its president, Vladimir Putin, has declined sharply. In
fact, the Russian leader’s negatives have soared to the point that
they mirror the nearly worldwide lack of confidence in George W. Bush.
Global distrust of American leadership is reflected in increasing
disapproval of the cornerstones of U.S. foreign policy. Not only is
there worldwide support for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq,
but there also is considerable opposition to U.S. and NATO operations
in Afghanistan. Western European publics are at best divided about
keeping troops there. In nearly every predominantly Muslim country,
overwhelming majorities want U.S. and NATO troops withdrawn from
Afghanistan as soon as possible. In addition, global support for the
U.S.-led war on terrorism ebbs ever lower. And the United States is
the nation blamed most often for hurting the world’s environment, at
a time of rising global concern about environmental issues.
At the same time, China’s expanding economic and military power is
triggering considerable anxiety. Large majorities in many countries
think that China’s growing military might is a bad thing, and the
publics of many advanced nations are increasingly concerned about the
impact of China’s economic power on their own countries.
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