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If the United States and China are competing over global public opinion, who’s winning, and where?

Paul Poast analyzes the criticism towards President Biden's Saudi Arabia visit during his recent Middle East trip.

"Hossein Taeb’s sudden removal from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is part of a wider project to install a new generation of zealots," writes Saeid Golkar.

The majority of countries polled in a recent 53-nation study hold negative views of Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Reports that Iran is nearing the point of capably developing a nuclear weapon are causing alarm, but they are still a ways away from building a bomb.

While government officials reaffirm the importance of the US-Saudi relationship, the American public expresses generally chilly feelings towards Saudi Arabia.

Economic sanctions: what they are, how the US has used them in foreign policy, and considerations for current policymakers.

“An end to NATO enlargement or withdrawing forces from the east will not stop Putin. Only full support of Ukraine can do that,” writes Ivo Daalder in the Financial Times.

It's been a busy 2021. Recap the year with the survey team's analyses of public opinion on the most critical issues at home and around the world.

While the public would prefer diplomacy with Iran, they are not taking more aggressive options off the table.