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October 29, 2020
** Global Attitudes & Trends
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A biweekly digest of the Center's latest findings from its worldwide public opinion surveys and demographic research · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])
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** Experts and publics don’t always see the same world
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A new analysis ([link removed]) by Pew Research Center, comparing the views of 706 U.S.-based international relations scholars with those of ordinary citizens in the U.S. and 13 other countries, finds notable differences in how the two groups view global threats. The experts, surveyed as part of the College of William & Mary’s Teaching, Research and International Policy program, are less concerned about terrorism, the spread of nuclear weapons and Russia’s influence. The question is less, “Who is right?” and more about the potential disconnect between elite conversations about the world and what is on the minds of the general public. Wider perception gaps can present challenges for policymakers. At least on climate change
([link removed]) , elites and publics generally agree that the threat is real and global. Who will lead on this issue is less clear: Our latest polling indicates that Angela Merkel ([link removed]) , more than President Donald Trump, is trusted to do the right thing in world affairs. Whether this changes after next week’s U.S. presidential election remains to be seen.
James Bell
Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center
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** Foreign policy experts in the U.S. have much different views about threats to the country than the general public ([link removed])
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Recent Pew Research Center surveys find that Americans are especially concerned about the spread of infectious diseases and are more likely than not to blame China for its role in the current COVID-19 pandemic. But foreign policy experts ([link removed]) have distinctly different perspectives.
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** Many globally are as concerned about climate change as about the spread of infectious diseases ([link removed])
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Amid the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, people around the world are still concerned by the threat of global climate change. A median of 70% across 14 countries surveyed over the summer ([link removed]) say climate change is a major threat to their country. A similar median, 69%, say the same of the spread of infectious diseases.
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** Confidence in Merkel is at all-time high in several countries during her last full year in office ([link removed])
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As Angela Merkel enters the home stretch of her nearly 15-year tenure, more people express confidence in the German chancellor than in any other world leader asked about in a recent Pew Research Center survey of 14 countries ([link removed]) . And in six of those countries, the share of adults who have confidence in Merkel is the highest on record.
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** Natural gas viewed more positively than other fossil fuels across 20 global publics ([link removed])
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As governments around the world debate the mix of fossil fuel and renewable sources they use to meet their energy needs, public attitudes about natural gas are mostly positive, according to a recent international survey ([link removed]) by Pew Research Center.
** How people in 14 countries view the state of the world in 2020 ([link removed])
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2020 has been a year unlike any in recent memory. And a a survey conducted by Pew Research Center ([link removed]) in 14 countries over the summer – as the coronavirus outbreak spread around the globe – tells us much about people’s thoughts and concerns amid the pandemic.
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** Notable global research
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Youth attitudes of politics and democracy in Hungary ([link removed])
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