An update on global public opinion on the COVID-19 pandemic reviews survey results from countries in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

With high-profile suspensions of the AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson vaccine, fear of potential side effects and uneven efficacy of vaccine rollouts are causing concern for some.

October 11, 2006, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Marshall M. Bouton , Catherine Hug , Steven Kull , Mike Kulma , Benjamin I. Page , Teresita C. Schaffer , Silvia Veltcheva , Christopher B. Whitney , and Dali L. Yang, Samuel Branch, Download Report (PDF) Download Data (ZIP), The 2006 Chicago Co...

January 23, 2023, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Emily Sullivan , Dina Smeltz , Denis Volkov , and Stepan Goncharov, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), But those feeling an economic pinch are more likely to say that Moscow should enter peace negotiations., According to the US State Department, th...

With the global infection rate increasing for the first time since April, some countries are pumping the brakes on ambitious recovery plans.

August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Emma Sanderson, AP Photos, America’s unconditional security sector assistance has helped facilitate Ethiopia’s violent responses to opposition., Ethiopia is Africa’s second most populous country and the oldest independent nation on the continent. Fr...

August 21, 2023, RESEARCH Policy Brief by Ethan Kessler, AP Photos, US security assistance meant for counterterrorism efforts is also implicated in the government’s war against Anglophone separatists., Cameroon is a country of 29 million straddling West and Central Africa, rich in natural resou...

October 13, 2022, RESEARCH Report by Xiangming Chen, Reuters, Even as the war in Ukraine creates risks, the extensive city-based CEFT network remains resilient from its continued expansion, improved infrastructure, and operational adaptability., China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will offic...

October 9, 2024, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Lama El Baz , and Denis Volkov, Dmitri Lovetsky / AP, Download Report (PDF), Although the public continues to support the military operation in Ukraine, a plurality say it has caused more harm than good for Russia., A just-completed...

Nonresident Fellow Sascha Haselmayer discusses his new book, which synthesizes the lessons he learned from his work with cities, governments, and NGOs.