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Asia Soft Power 2008
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs in collaboration with the East Asia Institute (South Korea) conducted a six-nation public opinion survey examining the current and potential use of Soft Power -- the ability to wield influence by indirect, nonmilitary means, whether by persuasion or attraction -- in East Asia. The survey was carried out in the United States, Japan, China, South Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam. 

World Public Opinion 2007
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and WorldPublicOpinion.org collaborated with organizations in other countries to undertake a follow on study to the 2006 Chicago Council Public Opinion Survey on the rise of China and India. This survey included questions asked in the 2006 Chicago Council survey and was conducted in 18 countries and the Palestinian Territories.  The countries surveyed include roughly 56 percent of the world population.  The study focused on  key international issues, including climate change, globalization, the future of the United Nations, U.S. leadership, and the rise of China. The full report of the study was released on June 25, 2007.

Public Opinion Survey 2006
Highlight: Presents a unique comparison of international attitudes on how the emergence of China and India as economic dynamos and claimants to great power status will affect the global economy, international security, and politics.

Public Opinion Survey, September 2005
Highlight: Americans oppose using military force for democratization and are unconvinced democracy makes the world safer or counters terrorism.
Highlight: Parallel surveys conducted throughout Europe offer insights into similarities
and differences in public opinion about world affairs among Americans and Europeans.

Public Opinion Survey, March 2005
Highlight: A large bipartisan majority of Americans favor referring Darfur war crime cases
to the International Criminal Court.

Public Opinion Survey 2004
Highlight: Parallel surveys conducted in Mexico and South Korea offer insights into
similarities and differences in public opinion about world affairs among the U.S. and
these countries.

Public Opinion Survey 2002

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