Foreign policy scholars and American public agree that U.S. standing abroad is important

An overwhelming majority of Americans agree it is important that the United States is generally respected by other countries around the world, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in February. And a new parallel survey of international relations scholars finds that academics are in lockstep with the U.S. public on the importance of America’s image abroad. CONTINUED

Jacob Poushter & Mara Mordecai, Pew Research Center