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De globale opiniepeiling toont breed wantrouwen van Verenigde Staten
Donderdag, 28 Juni, 2007
Het wantrouwen van de Verenigde Staten heeft over de wereld geļntensifi�ėrdk, maar de algemene meningen van Amerika blijven zeer of enigszins gunstig onder meerderheden in 25 van 47 landen die in een belangrijk internationaal opinieonderzoek, de gemelde Woensdag van het Onderzoekscentrum van de Bank Worden onderzocht. „Anti-Americanism sinds 2002 heeft verdiept, maar het heeft niet werkelijk,“ bovengenoemde Andrew Kohut, directeur van het Project van de Houdingen van de Bank Globale verwijd. „Het heeft onder de Europese bondgenoten van Amerika verergerd en zeer geweest, zeer slecht in de Moslimwereld. Maar er is nog een gunstige mening van de Verenigde Staten in vele Afrikaanse landen, evenals in `Nieuw Europa' en het Verre Oosten.“ Niettemin, verwerpen de meerderheden in vele landen de belangrijkste planken van de huidige V.S. buitenlands beleid en uitdrukkelijke distaste voor de democratie van de Amerikaans-Stijl, het gevonden onderzoek. De ondervraagden niet alleen willen wereldwijd Washington de V.S. trekken. de troepen uit Irak „zo spoedig mogelijk,“ maar ook zoeken een snel eind aan de militaire interventie van Amerikaan en van de NAVO in Afghanistan, nu in zijn zesde jaar. Opiniepeiling gevonden groeiende wariness naar andere belangrijke bevoegdheden eveneens. De zorgen over economisch en militair China zouden zijn beeld in vele naties kunnen aangetast hebben, gevonden Bank, en het vertrouwen in President Vladimir Putin van Rusland is scherp gedaald. Het onderzoek, dat in April en Mei wordt uitgevoerd, is veruit de grootste Bank heeft uitgevoerd sinds 2002, omvattend 47 landen in Europa, Aziė, het Midden-Oosten, Afrika en Amerika, en beoordeling van de adviezen van meer dan 45.000 mensen. Het vond dat de bezorgdheid over het globale verwarmen dramatisch in de laatste vijf jaar is gestegen. „De meeste burgers in het globale onderzoek gaan akkoord het milieu in probleem en de meeste schuld de Verenigde Staten en, aan een meer beperkte graad, China is,“ bovengenoemde Bank. De negatieve meningen van Iran hebben geļntensifi�ėrds, omvattend in sommige Moslim gevonden landen, Bank, en ondervraagden in bijna al landen onderzochte uitgedrukte overweldigende bezwaren tegen de verwervende kernwapens van Teheran. Terwijl het onderzoek een brede waaier van kwesties behandelde, concentreerde het zich intensief op het beeld van de wereld van de Verenigde Staten, die grotendeels positief in 2002 - wijzend op globale sympathie voor Amerikanen na Sept. waren. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York and Washington - but has declined steeply since 2003, when the Bush administration decided to invade Iraq. Over the last five years, favorable ratings of the United States have decreased “in 26 of the 33 countries for which trends are available,” Pew said. Confidence in President George W. Bush, which was already sagging, has dropped further in most countries over the past year, as the Iraqi quagmire has deepened and the world’s reprobation has increased. “Global distrust of American leadership is reflected in increasing disapproval of the cornerstones of U.S. foreign policy,” Pew said in its report on the findings. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, co-chair of the Pew Global Attitudes Project, linked this development directly to the Iraq war. “I think Iraq will go down in history as the greatest disaster in American foreign policy,” she said. The poll found that: Majorities in 43 of the 47 countries surveyed want a quick U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq. In the United States, 56 percent express this opinion. The exceptions are Ghana, Israel, Kenya and Nigeria. Majorities or pluralities in 40 countries also want U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization troops out of Afghanistan as soon as possible. This view, strongest in the Muslim world, was also held in many NATO member countries, notably Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Turkey. Support for America’s so-called war on terrorism has plummeted since 2002, especially in Europe, where U.S. practices against inmates at the Guant?namo Bay and Abu Ghraib prisons have been harshly condemned. There is a widespread perception that the United States acts unilaterally in making international policy decisions. This view is especially powerful in Europe, shared by 90 percent in Sweden, 89 percent in France, and 70 percent or more in Britain, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Russia, Slovakia and Spain. A full 83 percent of Canadians believe that their neighbor to the south ignores their interests. Middle Easterners overwhelmingly share this view, as do many Asians, including South Koreans and Japanese. Majorities in most every country believe that the United States promotes democracy mostly where it serves American interests. Only in Nigeria did many say they believe that the United States “promotes democracy wherever it can.” This, according to Pew, helps explain why American ideas about democracy are rejected by vast numbers around the globe. The exception is sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority approves of American-style democracy in all countries polled except Tanzania. But elsewhere, majorities or pluralities in all but four survey countries excluding the United States itself - China, Israel, South Korea and Japan - say they dislike American ideas about democracy. The country where America’s image is worst is Turkey, a NATO ally, where only 9 percent now have a favorable view, down from 52 percent before the United States went into Afghanistan in late 2001. In Germany, traditionally one of the closest U.S. allies, only 30 percent now have a positive view, down from 78 percent before Bush took office in January 2001. There has been serious slippage as well in Britain, America’s most reliable ally and its chief partner in the war in Iraq. A slim majority of Britons - 51 percent - now hold favorable views of the United States, down from 75 percent in 2002, before the Iraq invasion. The picture is more complex with China, which is viewed favorably in more than half of the survey countries, particularly in Africa - where the Chinese have been investing heavily - and in Asia, excluding Japan. At the same time, the Pew report said, “China’s expanding economic and military power is triggering considerable anxiety.” Russia wins mixed reviews, with West Europeans largely unfavorable while opinions are split in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America, and generally positive in Africa, Canada and the United States. With Putin’s grip tightening over pipelines to the West, dependence on Russia for energy supplies is worrying many Europeans, Pew found, with majorities expressing concern in Britain, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. Confidence in Putin’s leadership has plummeted in Europe since 2003, as has confidence in Bush. In contrast, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany enjoys high levels of confidence in Europe, although Middle Easterners - including Israelis and Palestinians - do not trust her on foreign affairs. Asked about the crisis in the Middle East, Western publics were generally optimistic that a solution can be found that accommodates the needs of both Israelis and Palestinians, and Israelis also took that view. But Arabs in the region were pessimistic, with more than 70 percent in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and the Palestinian territories believing that “the rights and needs of the Palestinian people cannot be taken care of as long as the state of Israel exists.” Have Your Say: Global poll shows wide distrust of United States Please read our posting guidelines before posting. Alternatively you can discuss this report here. Related News
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