U.S., Japan Viewed as Enemies by a Third of Chinese, Poll Shows

Posted by Matt in July 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, 1930s, 1940s, Enemies, Japan, Military Actions, Pew, Pew Global Attitudes, poll, Survey, Three Quarters

Thirty-eight percent of Chinese consider Japan to be an enemy compared with 34 percent who regard the U.S. that way, according to the 2008 Pew Global Attitudes Survey. About three quarters of those polled said Japan has not sufficiently apologized for military actions in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Pew Survey: What the World Thinks of the US

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Democracies, Dislike, Egypt, Favorable Light, Fun Facts, Historical Context, Indonesia, Muslim Nations, Pakistan, Percentages, Pew Report, President Bush, Russians, Scope, Survey, Turkey, Turks, United States

As full of fun facts as the Pew Report is, however, it has a fairly limited scope. Lots of numbers and percentages are bandied about but with very little historical context or explanation. Why, for example, do Russians prefer powerful leaders over straight-up democracies? Why do Tanzanians like President Bush so much? Oh, and why [...]

Does the E.U. Hate You?

Posted by Matt in June 7th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Anti-Americanism, Europe, Anti-Americanism, Bush Administration, Europe, Europeans, German Marshall Fund, Harris Polls, International Security, Iran, Leadership, Myth, Negative Feelings, North-Korea, poll, Russia, Survey, United States, World Affairs, World Image

Despite popular myth, anti-Americanism in Europe isn’t on the rise.
In Europe, as in nearly everywhere else in the world, the image of the United States has taken a severe battering during the Bush years. Survey after survey shows that negative feelings toward America and U.S. policies have soared. Only 36 percent of Europeans, for example, [...]

Canada: Ocean survey looks promising for Arctic sovereignty effort

Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Uncategorized, Alpha Ridge, Bid, Canada, Canadian Landmass, Continental Shelf, Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Ellesmere Island, Geoscientist, Jacob, Law Of The Sea, Mapping Project, News Service, Preliminary Results, Seabed Mapping, Sovereignty, Survey, Un Convention On The Law Of The Sea, Verhoef

Jacob Verhoef, the federal geoscientist leading Canada’s bid to assert control of offshore territory in the High Arctic, told Canwest News Service on Friday that preliminary results of a seabed mapping project off Ellesmere Island suggest the submerged Alpha Ridge is attached to the Canadian landmass and appears likely to qualify under the UN Convention [...]

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U.S., Japan Viewed as Enemies by a Third of Chinese, Poll Shows

Pew Survey: What the World Thinks of the US

Does the E.U. Hate You?

Canada: Ocean survey looks promising for Arctic sovereignty effort

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