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U.S. foreign policy scholars are more concerned about climate change \u2013 and less worried about ISIS and refugees \u2013 than both average Americans and general publics abroad.<\/p>\n\n

The international relations scholars in question shared their views via a survey conducted by the Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) Project<\/a>. The questions posed to these U.S. academics were mirrored in a 2017 Pew Research Center survey of publics in 37 countries, plus the United States.<\/p>\n\n

Eight-in-ten international relations scholars surveyed as part of the TRIP project said that climate change is a major threat to the U.S., compared with 56% of the American general public. A median of 61% across 37 countries surveyed in spring 2017 also said climate change is a threat to their country. Fewer than one-in-ten (7%) IR scholars said the large number of refugees from places like Iraq and Syria is a big threat, while almost four-in-ten around the world and 36% of Americans held this view. And while 74% of Americans and 62% among global publics said ISIS is a major threat, only 14% of the scholars agreed.<\/p>\n\n

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The surveyed scholars were also far more negative than general publics when asked about various policies<\/a> supported by U.S. President Donald Trump, such as withdrawing from the Iran nuclear weapons agreement and trade deals.\u00a0(Trump signaled in April that\u00a0rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership<\/span><\/a>\u00a0was under consideration and announced on May 8 that the U.S. is pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement<\/span><\/a>.)<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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On all these issues, overwhelming majorities of foreign policy scholars disapproved of these policies, with roughly nine-in-ten or more expressing such sentiments.<\/p>\n\n

In the Pew Research Center survey, public disapproval of Trump\u2019s policies<\/a> was common across most countries. The intensity of disapproval, however, was typically far lower on each issue tested than among the U.S.-based scholars, possibly signaling a disconnect between this group and international public opinion.<\/p>\n\n

The gap between U.S. international relations experts and the public is even starker at home. About nine-in-ten of the scholars (89%) had a negative view on the policy of restricting some people from Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S., compared with 48% of the U.S. public. The scholars also had a dimmer view than the American public about pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal by a 41-percentage-point margin.\u00a0(A recent survey<\/span><\/a>\u00a0found that the American public is skeptical of the Iran agreement \u2013 and Trump\u2019s handling of the issue, but only about a quarter have heard “a lot” about the nuclear deal.)\u00a0<\/span>The smallest gap between scholars and average Americans was on the proposal to pull out of international climate agreements (27 points), but even here there is a significant difference in sentiment.<\/p>\n\n

This pattern of experts disagreeing with citizens is not a new phenomenon: Pew Research Center has tracked these differences over the years, including in 2016<\/a>, 2017<\/a> and 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Note:\u00a0<\/em>The Teaching, Research and International Policy (TRIP) project<\/i><\/span>, based at the College of William & Mary,<\/i><\/span>\u00a0is supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.<\/i><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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