What has changed since then is that the world has changed in many ways. The rise of China has changed the geopolitical environment in which an American president is operating. The pandemic has changed the world, and there has been a continued economic anxiety in many countries. So despite the similarities in numbers, it is important to note that Joe Biden is inheriting a world that has changed since the Obama years.
With the significant shifts in global dynamics that you described, what are the major differences you are seeing between the perception of the United States among publics in Europe and those in the Asia-Pacific region? We do a lot of polling on views about China.
A couple of things that are interesting have come out of that in recent years. And the other is that views towards China have turned negative in many of the countries where we do our surveys.
There was a widespread perception that the US mishandled the pandemic and that, among some other things, led to record lows in ratings for the US. At the same time, there were also record lows for China in many countries. That was driven by concern about how China handled the pandemic, in some cases concerns about China in the security realm, in others China as an economic partner. So both superpowers, the United States and China, have been seen in an increasingly negative light over the past couple of years.
That was one very interesting finding of this survey: the overall rating of the US improved, but people have concerns nonetheless, including concerns about the health of American democracy. In sharp contrast, there was little indication of a better view of the U. Opinions in the Middle East remained largely unfavorable, despite some positive movement in the numbers in Jordan and Egypt. Strong animosity toward the U. Analysis of the Pew Research survey found that personal confidence in Barack Obama rather than opinion about his specific policies was fueling the resurgence of the U.
In France and Germany, no fewer than nine-in-ten expressed confidence in the new American president, exceeding the ratings achieved by Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel in their own countries. Even in Muslim countries where the U. This represents a major improvement compared with opinions about President Bush in But in Pakistan and the Palestinian territories, ratings of Obama were only marginally better than the abysmal ratings accorded Bush.
Moreover, in the Middle East large majorities continued to be dubious that Obama would be fair in dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. That was the view of more than six-in-ten Jordanians, Egyptians and Lebanese.
There was support nearly everywhere for closing Guantanamo and withdrawing troops from Iraq — but opposition almost everywhere for sending more troops to Afghanistan. In , most people surveyed around the world thought Obama would seek international approval before using military force and would take into account the interests of their country when making U.
Western Europeans and Canadians were especially positive in these regards. Global publics were also optimistic on another issue that has been a source of contention with regard to the U. Majorities or pluralities of people in almost every country surveyed believed that Obama will get the U. For all this positive opinion about Obama and better overall ratings for the U. Finally, a few things to consider with regard to the surprisingly positive findings about changing attitudes toward the U.
First, given that changes in opinion about the U. In the United Kingdom, for example, 64 percent of those surveyed said they view the U. Similar favorability improvements of 25 percentage points or more were found in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, the survey found.
Of the 16, people in 16 countries surveyed in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region between March and May, more than 60 percent in each country said they have confidence in Biden to "do the right thing in world affairs. Biden arrived Wednesday in Britain for a series of meetings with world leaders intent on stressing the message of his first foreign trip as president: "The United States is back. They're grounded in democratic ideals, a shared vision of the future, where every voice matters," Biden said after landing in the U.
Majorities in each country surveyed gave Biden positive marks. Overall, a median of 74 percent has confidence in Biden to "do the right thing in world affairs," according to Pew.
Pew conducted the survey in 12 to 16 countries depending on the questions. The study found that in the 16 countries polled, however, many still view the U. Seventy-five percent of respondents in Australia and Japan both said the U.
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