Russia

Most Americans see little ability for the U.S. and China to cooperate on climate change policy or combating the spread of infectious disease. A majority of Americans continue to view the China-Russia partnership as a very serious problem for the U.S.

Attitudes toward Russia and Vladimir Putin turned much more negative, while opinions of NATO grew more positive.

The number of international migrants grew to 281 million in 2020; 3.6% of the world’s people lived outside their country of birth that year.

Nearly a quarter of countries used force to prevent religious gatherings during the pandemic; other government restrictions and social hostilities related to religion remained fairly stable.

Favorable opinions of Russia and Putin have declined sharply among Europe’s populists following Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine.

Americans express less concern than in the spring about Ukraine being defeated by Russia and about the war expanding into other countries.

Nearly half of Americans (47%) say that the United States’ influence in the world has been getting weaker in recent years.

Most say U.S. is reliable partner, and ratings for Biden are mostly positive – although down significantly from last year.

The share of adults saying the U.S. isn’t providing enough support to Ukraine has declined since March.

Americans see China as a growing superpower – and increasingly say it is the world’s leading economy.