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Do Americans Support Fighting in Ukraine? It Depends How You Ask

In the News
Responsible Statecraft
Ethan Kessler

“Just 35 percent of Americans supported sending US troops to Ukraine, a decrease from 50 percent in July 2021,” writes Ethan Kessler in Responsible Statecraft.

US Army troops stand in a line outside near a rectangular building.
Joel Rivera-Camach0
US Foreign Policy

Russians Think They're Engaged in a Heroic Struggle with West

In the News
Washington Post
Dina Smeltz

“The Kremlin’s messaging seems to have taken hold,” write Senior Fellow Dina Smeltz and Lily Wojtowicz in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage.

People walk in front of St. Basil's Cathedral on the pedestrian bridge over Moskva river at the Zaryadye Park off Red Square in central Moscow
Reuters
Global Politics

Japanese More Confident than Americans in US Power

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

New Chicago Council-Japan Institute of International Affairs data find the Japanese public has greater confidence in US economic and military power than do Americans.

Washington Monument seen through Japanese cherry blossoms.
Reuters
Public Opinion

US Public Perceptions of the Russian-Ukrainian War

In the News
War on the Rocks
Dina Smeltz

How have US attitudes toward the war in Ukraine, and Washington’s response, evolved? Senior Fellow Dina Smelts unpacks with War on the Rocks.

Protesters hold signs against Putin in NYC.
Reuters
Public Opinion

Americans Support Help to Ukraine, Even out of Own Pockets

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

New surveys find that Americans are willing to pay more for fuel in order to support Ukraine.

Stand With Ukraine Rally Held In Metro Detroit
NurPhoto via Reuters
Public Opinion

If Invaded, Will the Taiwan Public Fight? Don't Look to Polls for an Answer

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Running Numbers by Paul Huang

Public surveys about Taiwan's willingness to fight an invasion by China don't reveal as much as one might think.

Army reservist troop takes part in shooting training at a camp base in Nanshipu
Reuters
Public Opinion

What Nixon's 1972 China Trip Says About US-China Relations Today

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Running Numbers by Craig Kafura

Fifty years ago, US President Richard Nixon traveled to China and established the basis for a normalization of relations between the two powers. Are we due for another transformation?

REUTERS
Public Opinion

Public Opinion on Civilian Casualties in the War on Terror

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Running Numbers by Kyle Lynaugh

Data suggest that Americans accept some foreign civilian casualties as a necessary cost to counterterrorism, but Republicans and Democrats differ on willingness to use lethal force.

REUTERS
REUTERS
Public Opinion

Challenges with Russia for South Korea's Next President

In the News
CNBC
Karl Friedhoff

"When you look at South Korea’s imports from Russia, roughly 60% of those imports are either crude petroleum or refined petroleum,” says Karl Friedhoff on CNBC.

Karl Friedhoff on CNBC Squawk Box Asia. Public Opinion

Europeans Support Ukraine—To a Point

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Running Numbers by Coauthors

Europeans may draw the line at military engagement with Russia, recent data show.

Protests in London on March 6, 2022 against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Reuters
Public Opinion