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January 14, 2021
** 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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** Trust is a factor in support for international cooperation
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A new analysis ([link removed]) by Pew Research Center provides further evidence that trust matters in the world today. Findings based on our 14-nation poll from last summer reveal that, in general, people who trust others are more likely to support their government taking the interests of other nation-states into account – even if it requires compromise. Similarly, those who trust others tend to have more favorable views of international institutions, including the European Union ([link removed]) and the United Nations ([link removed]) . These findings may not reveal where publics land on specific policy choices, but they do point to the importance of factoring in levels of
trust when we try to understand the extent of popular support for open borders and multilateral cooperation.
James Bell
Vice President of Global Strategy, Pew Research Center
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** Legislators in UK, Canada and Australia express post-election enthusiasm for Biden administration on Twitter ([link removed])
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Lawmakers in Australia, Canada and the UK took to Twitter to express their enthusiasm toward a Biden presidency after the presidential challenger’s election win, a Pew Research Center analysis ([link removed]) finds. In contrast, fewer lawmakers mentioned either Donald Trump or Mike Pence in the post-election period – a sharp change from before the election, when mentions of the current president were much more common than those of his challenger.
* Voters say those on the other side ‘don’t get’ them. Here’s what they want them to know ([link removed])
* What Biden and Trump supporters tell us in their own words about America’s political divisions ([link removed])
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** Views of Russia and Putin remain negative across 14 nations ([link removed])
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Russia’s image in the world and that of its leader, Vladimir Putin, have been on the decline for years, and a Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) conducted in 14 advanced economies shows that continues to be the case. A median of 66% of adults in those countries express an unfavorable view of Russia, with majorities in 12 of the 14 countries holding that view.
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** People globally offer mixed views of the impact of artificial intelligence, job automation on society ([link removed])
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As artificial intelligence plays a growing role in the everyday lives of people around the world, views on AI’s impact on society are mixed across 20 global publics, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) . A median of about half (53%) say the development of artificial intelligence, or the use of computer systems designed to imitate human behaviors, has been a good thing for society, while 33% say it has been a bad thing.
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** Women in many countries face harassment for clothing deemed too religious – or too secular ([link removed])
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Women in 56 countries experienced social hostilities – that is, harassment from individuals or groups – due to clothing that was deemed to violate religious or secular dress norms, according to the sources analyzed for a recent Pew Research Center study ([link removed]) of 198 nations. Meanwhile, women in 61 countries faced government restrictions on dress – specifically, regulations on their head coverings.
** Around the world, people who trust others are more supportive of international cooperation ([link removed])
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People around the world broadly support the principles of international cooperation amid common challenges such as climate change and the coronavirus outbreak, according to a summer 2020 Pew Research Center survey ([link removed]) of 14 advanced economies. But support for international cooperation – as well as for key international institutions – can vary significantly depending on the amount of trust that people tend to place in others.
** In the news
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With concessions and deals, China’s leader tries to box out Biden ([link removed])
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La peur de l’apocalypse climatique, entre catastrophisme et clairvoyance ([link removed])
Le Monde
The hard-working politicians who keep our democracy going ([link removed])
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** Notable global research
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Ties that bind? Evidence of both unity and division in 18 African countries ([link removed])
Afrobarometer
Despite distrust in institutions, Iraqis value democratic process ([link removed])
International Republican Institute
Dimensions of polarization in Turkey 2020 ([link removed])
Turkuazlab
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The median share of adults in 14 countries who say they have an unfavorable view of Russia. ([link removed])
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