{"id":24555,"date":"2014-08-08T11:57:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T16:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/08\/08\/kohut-how-americans-view-an-unruly-world\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:51:12","slug":"kohut-how-americans-view-an-unruly-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2014\/08\/08\/kohut-how-americans-view-an-unruly-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohut: How Americans View an Unruly World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Andrew Kohut<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American capacity to look the other way on world affairs hit a high point in July. By any standard a lot was going on. The extremists of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham conquered a large swath of Iraq, adding to the territory the group holds in Syria. A commercial airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine and a new bloody war broke out in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. Despite the growing mayhem, a mere 3% of Americans in a mid-July Gallup poll named an international issue as one of America&#8217;s most important problems.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a mid-July Pew Research Center survey, however, international issues are a problem for President Obama. His approval rating on his handling of foreign policy is falling among the same public that itself seems indifferent to events overseas.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the recent 3% finding doesn&#8217;t represent the full extent of public concern for world affairs, it does suggest the public&#8217;s relative priorities. 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