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Worldviews is a joint Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) and German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) project aimed at investigating the attitudes of the American and European public on a range of foreign policy issues. First conducted in 1974, the CCFR quadrennial public opinion survey is the most comprehensive and widely cited source of information on U.S. public and leadership attitudes on international relations and foreign policy. This year, for the first time, CCFR partnered with GMF to undertake a parallel study in six European countries. The results help illuminate how Americans and Europeans look upon the world and each other one year after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

The survey covers a broad range of foreign policy issues including:

  • perceptions of foreign policy problems and threats post-September 11
  • international terrorism
  • assessments of the Bush administration’s foreign policy performance
  • Iraq
  • the Middle East
  • American and European views of each other
  • the role of NATO and other international institutions
  • the impact of globalization