,,,Public Agenda Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index, Vol. 2: Americans Wary of Creating Democracies Abroad

Public Agenda Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index, Vol. 2: Americans Wary of Creating Democracies Abroad


 

Publication Date: March 2006

Publisher: Foreign Affairs Association; Public Agenda Foundation

Author(s): Alison Kadlec; Amber Ott; Scott Bittle; Ana Maria Arumi

Research Area: Government

Type: Report

Abstract:

The second edition of the Public Agenda Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index finds new concerns pushing their way into public consciousness even as worries identified in the first edition persist. Most of the public ranks promoting democracy in other countries as the least important of the foreign policy goals we asked about (20 percent say it's "very important") and seems to doubt the United States can achieve it. Public concern seems to have moderated in some cases, as with America's image in the Muslim world. By contrast, public concern over oil prices and their impact on national security has gone from "zero to 60" in just a few months.