Soft power is the ability to affect others to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payment. It supplements rather than replaces hard power, but if you are attractive, you do not have to spend as much on carrots and sticks as otherwise would be the case. […] Read more »
Americans and Germans Disagree on the State of Bilateral Relations, but Largely Align on Key International Issues
Americans and Germans have vastly different opinions of their bilateral relationship, but they tend to agree on issues such as cooperation with other European allies and support for NATO, according to the results of parallel surveys conducted in the United States by Pew Research Center and in Germany by Körber-Stiftung […] Read more »
Majorities of Americans See the Need for NATO and the UN
President Donald Trump, who has questioned U.S. support for international organizations with his “America First” foreign policy, has been particularly skeptical of NATO, openly questioning the need for the alliance and expressing his wish to pull the U.S. out of it. A clear majority of Americans (currently 77%) continue to […] Read more »
The Rest of the World Knows Pax Americana Is Over
A conversation with Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group. You’ve written a lot about the geopolitical risks facing the world in 2019 and beyond. How do the findings in this Gallup report — “Rating World Leaders: 2019” — fit into your assessment? What do they tell you? Bremmer: […] Read more »
Image of U.S. Leadership Now Poorer Than China’s
At the halfway mark of Donald Trump’s presidency, a new Gallup report shows the image of U.S. leadership is in poor shape, but its approval ratings are no longer in free fall. After tumbling to a record-low 30% during the first year of Trump’s presidency, the image of the U.S. […] Read more »
Far Fewer Americans See North Korea as Greatest U.S. Enemy
As President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, far fewer Americans today, 14%, see North Korea as the United States’ greatest enemy than the 51% who did a year ago. Despite this decline, the vast majority of Americans still view North Korea unfavorably, and nearly eight […] Read more »