Although 61% of Americans disapprove of their own country’s leadership, the world continues to give the U.S., under President Barack Obama, the highest approval rating among major world powers today. CONT. Gallup Read more »
Europeans Fear Wave of Refugees Will Mean More Terrorism, Fewer Jobs
The recent surge of refugees into Europe has featured prominently in the anti-immigrant rhetoric of right-wing parties across the Continent and in the heated debate over the UK’s decision to exit the European Union. At the same time, attacks in Paris and Brussels have fueled public fears about terrorism. As […] Read more »
Despite high public support for defense spending in Europe, discord over burden sharing emerges
The NATO summit in Warsaw that wrapped up on July 9 demonstrated once again that the defense spending effort of European allies remains a contentious issue in the alliance. On the eve of the summit, news reports indicated that American officials had prepared a briefing designed in part to “name […] Read more »
Americans View NATO as Essential to US Security
Although presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called the NATO alliance “obsolete,” two-thirds of Americans in the June 10-27 Chicago Council Survey say that NATO is still essential to US security. This includes a majority of Republicans (57%) as well as those who say they are planning to vote […] Read more »
How remain failed: The inside story of a doomed campaign
… The starting premise of the remain campaign was that elections in Britain are settled in a centre-ground defined by aversion to economic risk and swung by a core of liberal middle-class voters who are allergic to radical lurches towards political uncertainty. They could be identified, profiled and targeted by […] Read more »
UK: A third of voters think Brexit won’t happen
More than a third of voters are not convinced the UK will leave the EU despite last week’s referendum result, a poll for BBC Newsnight suggests. Britain voted by a margin of 52% to 48% to leave the EU after 43 years – and the contenders to replace David Cameron […] Read more »