Joe Biden has made vindicating democracy the central objective of his presidency. Improbably, he has found more success abroad than at home so far. The President’s signal achievement has been uniting Western democracies in defense of Ukraine against Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian aggression. With coordinated flows of military equipment, […] Read more »
Do Americans know who their diplomats are? Or what they do?
… An interest in understanding Americans’ views on American diplomacy and diplomats – how they are selected and trained, what it is that they do – formed the basis of a new report, undertaken with the support of the Una Chapman Cox Foundation and conducted by the nonprofit RAND Corporation. […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Six in ten favor U.S. continuing to provide aid to Ukraine
Voters want to keep helping Ukraine fight Russia, even as their sense of the war’s relevancy declines, according to a new Fox News survey. Six in ten favor the United States continuing to provide weapons (61%) and financial aid (59%) to Ukraine. That’s unchanged since March when a similar number […] Read more »
President Biden’s Approval Rating Undercuts Trump On Inflation Woes
President Joe Biden’s approval rating sank to its lowest level yet as record gas prices sharpened inflation’s bite for household finances, the June IBD/TIPP Poll finds. Biden’s approval rating slid 2.4 points to 43 over the past month as his standing among Democrats continued to deteriorate. The IBD/TIPP presidential job […] Read more »
How Much Is Biden to Blame for His Poor Approval Ratings?
… With dispirited Democrats braced for losing the House and maybe the Senate in November, a relevant question is whether the current moment of political torment was brought on by easily avoidable miscues by Biden or whether it was inevitable. It’s tempting to begin with Biden’s dismal 41 percent approval […] Read more »
The Democratic Deficit in the West
Russia’s war on Ukraine has focused the world’s attention on the ideological battle between liberal democracy and totalitarianism—systems of government based on national sovereignty, freedom, the rule of law, and individual rights versus those based on military aggression, societal repression, one-party rule, and state control of people’s lives. … But […] Read more »