Worldviews 2002 Survey of American and European Attitudes and Public Opinion on Foreign Policy: Comparative Report

Introduction
Summary	The Findings in Summary
Chapter One	Refocused Internationalism After 9/11
		Overview
		Terrorism as the Top Problem
		Vulnerable and Alert
		Active in the World
		Support for Government Spending

Chapter Two	The Goal : Security at Home
		Overview
		Intensifying Threats
		Declining Threats : Economic Competition, Russian Power
		Combating Terrorism as the Central Foreign Policy Goal
		Protecting Domestic Well-being
		Addressing Other Goals
		Most altruistic goals secondary, but still important

Chapter Three	Superpower with Limits
		Overview
		U.S. Superpower Status
		The Use of Military Power
		Basing Troops Abroad
		Spending on Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Aid
		Multilateralism and the Need for Partners
		Invading Iraq
		Responding to invasion scenarios
		Approval of NATO
		Limits on Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defense

Chapter Four	International Cooperation
		Overview
		Support for a Multilateral U.S. Foreign Policy
		High Support for Multilateralism since September 11
		Support for Stronger International Institutions, Especially the United Nations
		International Treaties and Agreements
		The Use of Diplomatic Tools

Chapter Five	The Global Economy
		Overview
		Declining Concern About Economic Competition
		Reactions to Globalization
		Economic Priorities in U.S. Foreign Policy
		Immigration
		Conditional Support for Free Trade
		The World Trade Organization and the International Monetary Fund
		Foreign Aid
		World Poverty and Hunger

Chapter Six	The Changing Geopolitical Landscape
		Overview
		Europe and Canada
		Russia
		Attitudes Toward Islam/Muslims
		The Middle East
		South Asia—Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
		East Asia—Japan, China, Korea
		Africa
		Latin America

Chapter Seven	The President's Foreign Policy Performance
		Overview
		Presidential Success in Foreign Policy and Overall Favorability
		Policy Evaluations
		The Makers of Foreign Policy: How Much Influence

Chapter Eight	Leaders and the Public
		Overview
		Where the Public and Leaders Agree
		Gaps Between Leaders and the Public

Notes on Methodology