{"id":8657,"date":"2021-11-01T09:59:32","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:59:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:56:30","slug":"americans-differ-from-people-in-other-societies-over-some-aspects-of-u-s-hard-and-soft-power","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/11\/01\/americans-differ-from-people-in-other-societies-over-some-aspects-of-u-s-hard-and-soft-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans differ from people in other societies over some aspects of U.S. \u2018hard\u2019 and \u2018soft\u2019 power"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Americans don\u2019t always see eye to eye with people in other societies over various dimensions of U.S. \u201chard\u201d and \u201csoft\u201d power, according to a February Pew Research Center survey of the United States and 16 other advanced economies. While Americans see some aspects of U.S. power more positively than people elsewhere, they offer more negative views in other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it comes to the U.S. military, for example, 44% of U.S. adults say it\u2019s the best in the world and another 34% describe it as above average. These self-evaluations are slightly rosier than those offered by publics in the other advanced economies surveyed, where, outside of South Korea (42%) and Taiwan (37%), no more than around three-in-ten adults see the U.S. military as the best in the world. Still, large majorities in the U.S. and every other place surveyed describe the American military as at least above average.<\/p>\n\n\n

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