U.S. Public's Perceptions of How Other Countries View U.S. Foreign Policy Increasingly Negative: Continuing Decline in US Public's Rating of US Policy on Europe, Russia, North Korea

Abstract

Amid intensifying international criticism and worldwide demonstrations against U.S. policy on Iraq, the US public's perceptions of how other countries view U.S. foreign policy continues to move in a negative direction. Asked, "on average, how do you think people in other countries rate how well the United States is managing its foreign policy," a majority of 55 percent now gives a negative rating (19% neutral, 23% positive). The net rating (percentage giving positive ratings minus percentage giving a negative rating) has declined 6 percentage points since January and 16 percentage points since November, and now stands at minus 31 percent.