Global Image of Countries

Andrew Kohut: (1 of 3) [embeded: width=”425″ height=”355″ allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/iZDq76Rbnb4&hl=en_US&fs=1″]

Introduction: Don Kimmelman [embeded: width=”425″ height=”355″ allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/aWlCih9e84s&hl=en_US&fs=1&”]

[embeded: width=”500″ height=”330″ allowfullscreen=”true” allowscriptaccess=”always” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” src=”https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/05/U.S.favorability2009.swf”] The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama. In many countries, opinions of the U.S. are now about as positive as they were at the beginning of the decade before George W. Bush took office.

The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama. In many countries, opinions of the U.S. are now about as positive as they were at the beginning of the decade before George W. Bush took office.

EVENT TRANSCRIPT At a briefing for journalists at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2009, Pew Research Center President Andrew Kohut, joined by Pew Global Attitudes Project co-chairs former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Sen. John C. Danforth, described the major findings from the latest Pew Global […]

Certain Elements of America’s Image are Broadly Popular

President Will Face Challenges on Economic Crisis, Other Issues

By Erin Carriere-Kretschmer, Senior Research Associate, Pew Global Attitudes Project On his first trip overseas, U.S. President Barack Obama intends to tackle the current global economic downturn and NATO commitments in Afghanistan, with stops in Britain, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Turkey. Public opinion polls suggest Obama may have reason to expect a mostly warm […]

by Richard Wike, Associate Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project, and Michael Remez, Senior Writer, Pew Research Center for the People & the Press The celebratory tone that characterized international media coverage of Barack Obama’s historic election victory was again pervasive in many of the stories about his inauguration as the 44th American president. “History was […]

Once he takes office, President-elect Barack Obama will have to navigate a world that has grown highly critical of the United States. Since 2001, the Pew Global Attitudes Project has documented a decline in America’s international image amid widespread opposition to U.S. foreign policy.