1 / 27

Russians and Americans on the Iran Nuclear Program and Perceptions of Russia, the U.S., and China

Russians and Americans on the Iran Nuclear Program and Perceptions of Russia, the U.S., and China. -A WorldPublicOpinion.org/ Levada Center Poll-. May 31, 2006. Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA). A joint program of the Center on Policy

Sharon_Dale
Download Presentation

Russians and Americans on the Iran Nuclear Program and Perceptions of Russia, the U.S., and China

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Russians and Americans on the Iran Nuclear Program and Perceptions of Russia, the U.S., and China -A WorldPublicOpinion.org/ Levada Center Poll- May 31, 2006 Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) A joint program of the Center on Policy Attitudes and the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland Levada Center

  2. Parallel Surveys of Russians and Americans Russian Poll Conducted by the Levada Center April 14-24 National probability sample of 1,000 respondents interviewed face-to-face American Poll Conducted April 18-24 for WorldPublicOpinion.org by Knowledge Networks An online survey of 1,023 respondents drawn from Knowledge Networks probability-based sample Margin of Error +/- 3-4 percentage points

  3. Should the UN Discourage Countries from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons? As a general rule, do you think the United Nations should or should not actively work to discourage countries from acquiring nuclear weapons? Should 87% Americans Russians 79% Should not 8% Am. Rus. 10% WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  4. Is Iran Trying to Develop Nuclear Weapons? Do you think Iran is or is not trying to develop nuclear weapons? Is trying to develop nuclear weapons 84% Americans 68% Russians Is not trying to develop nuclear weapons 9% Am. 12% Rus. WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  5. Concern About Iran’s Potential Efforts to Develop Nuclear Weapons If Iran were to develop nuclear weapons, how much would that concern you? Very much/somewhat 85% Americans 64 21 63% Russians 29 34 Not at all/a little 12% Americans 4 8 31% Russians 13 18 WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  6. How Should the US Respond if Iran Continues to Produce Nuclear Fuel? If Iran continues to produce nuclear fuel that could be developed for use in nuclear weapons, do you think that the US should: Bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities 24% Americans 7% Ru Pursue a diplomatic approach 70% Americans Russians 79% WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  7. How Should the UN Security Council Respond if Iran Continues to Produce Nuclear Fuel? If Iran continues to produce nuclear fuel that could be developed for use in nuclear weapons, do you think the UN Security Council should: Vote to impose economic sanctions against Iran if it persists 68% Americans Russians 26% Continue diplomatic negotiations with Iran 23% Americans 62% Russians WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  8. Putin’s Efforts to Negotiate a Nuclear Deal with Iran As you may know, Russia’s President Putin has been trying to negotiate a deal whereby Russia would provide fuel for Iran’s nuclear energy program if Iran would agree not to produce nuclear fuel that could be developed for use in nuclear weapons. Do you approve or disapprove of Russia trying to negotiate this deal? Approve 44% Americans Russians 46% Disapprove 49% Americans 30% Russians WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  9. Russians on US Foreign Policy Is the US having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence on the world? 25% Positive 61% Negative Over the last few years, do you think the effect of US foreign policy on Russia and its interests has been 22% Positive 56% Negative Please tell me your opinion of…how America uses military power and the threat of force 13% Fav. 74% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  10. Russians on US Economy and Government Please tell me your opinion of America’s… Economic system 73% Favorable Unfav. 13% System of government 54% Favorable 27% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  11. Russians on Chinese Foreign Policy Is China having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world? 57% Positive 20% Negative Over the last few years, do you think the effect of Chinese foreign policy on Russia and its interests has been 42% Positive 23% Negative Please tell me your opinion of…how China uses military power and the threat of force 46% Favorable 19% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  12. Russians on Chinese Economy and Government Please tell me your opinion of China’s… Economic system 67% Favorable Unfav 12% System of government 56% Favorable 14% Unfav WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  13. Russians on Russia - Internationally Please tell me if you think Russia is having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world. 80% Positive 6% N Please tell me your opinion of…How Russia uses military power and the threat of force 65% Favorable 17% Unfav. WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  14. Russians on Russia - Domestically Please tell me your opinion of…Russia’s system of government 47% Favorable 43% Unfavorable Please tell me your opinion of…Russia’s economic system 31% Favorable 60% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  15. Americans on Russian Foreign Policy Is Russia having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence on the world? 40% Positive 53% Negative Over the last few years, do you think the effect of Russian foreign policy on the US and its interests has been 51% Positive 38% Negative Please tell me your opinion of…how Russia uses military power and the threat of force 24% Fav. 68% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  16. Americans on Russian Economy and Government Please tell me your opinion of Russia’s… Economic system 21% Favorable Unfavorable 72% System of government 26% Favorable 68% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  17. Americans on Chinese Foreign Policy Is China having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world? 44% Positive 49% Negative Over the last few years, do you think the effect of Chinese foreign policy on the US and its interests has been 36% Positive 54% Negative Please tell me your opinion of…how China uses military power and the threat of force 19% Favorable 75% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  18. Americans on Chinese Economy and Government Please tell me your opinion of China’s… Economic system 37% Favorable Unfavorable 56% System of government 14% Fav. 80% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  19. Americans on the US - Internationally Please tell me if you think the United States is having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world. 64% Positive 32% Negative Please tell me your opinion of…How America uses military power and the threat of force 54% Favorable 42% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  20. Americans on the US - Domestically Please tell me your opinion of…America’s system of government 83% Favorable 14% Unfav. Please tell me your opinion of…America’s economic system 75% Favorable 21% Unfav. WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  21. Russians on World Leaders Please tell me your opinion of… US President George W. Bush 25% Favorable 59% Unfavorable Russian President Vladimir Putin 85% Favorable 9% Un. Chinese President Hu Jintao 42% Favorable 8% Un. WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  22. Americans on World Leaders Please tell me your opinion of… US President George W. Bush 45% Favorable 51% Unfavorable Russian President Vladimir Putin 36% Favorable Unfavorable 55% Chinese President Hu Jintao 27% Favorable 63% Unfavorable WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  23. Ratings of Democracy How democratic do you think each of the following governments is, on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 meaning that it is not at all democratic and 10 meaning that it is completely democratic? United States 7.40 Americans 6.66 Russians Russia Americans 3.69 4.56 Russians China Americans 2.16 4.29 Russians WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  24. Ratings of Democratic Change: Russia Over the last few years, do you think Russia has become: More democratic and responsive to its people 33% Americans 36% Russians Less democratic and responsive to its people Americans 24% 24% Russians Stayed about the same 36% Americans 27% Russians WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  25. Ratings of Democratic Change: China Over the last few years, do you think China has become: More democratic and responsive to its people 24% Americans 35% Russians Less democratic and responsive to its people Americans 18% 10% Rus. Stayed about the same 49% Americans 18% Russians WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  26. Ratings of Democratic Change: the US Over the last few years, do you think the United States has become: More democratic and responsive to its people 18% Americans 26% Russians Less democratic and responsive to its people 43% Americans 23% Russians Stayed about the same 33% Americans 31% Russians WPO/KN/Levada Center 5/06

  27. To view additional reports and analyses online, please visit us at: www.WorldPublicOpinion.org

More Related