This year marks the eleventh anniversary of the Transatlantic Trends surveys. … In the context of mounting global challenges, the survey uncovered some remarkable findings. Among others, four stand out:
- EU respondents’ steadfast support for the European Union (less so for the euro) in the midst of crisis, despite broad divergences of opinion across the EU;
- a broad disenchantment with domestic economic institutions and norms;
- Americans’ renewed focus on Europe, despite the announced defense “pivot” to Asia;
- and the fact that the views of Russian respondents, included in Transatlantic Trends for the first time, differ from the perspectives of Americans and Europeans in some important ways. [cont.]
German Marshall Fund of the United States