{"id":9004,"date":"2021-04-23T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/americans-views-of-key-foreign-policy-goals-depend-on-their-attitudes-toward-international-cooperation\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:57:02","slug":"americans-views-of-key-foreign-policy-goals-depend-on-their-attitudes-toward-international-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2021\/04\/23\/americans-views-of-key-foreign-policy-goals-depend-on-their-attitudes-toward-international-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans\u2019 views of key foreign policy goals depend on their attitudes toward international cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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World leaders meet virtually for a climate change summit on April 22, 2021, shown here from the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dozens of world leaders are convening virtually this week to join President Joe Biden at the Leaders Summit on Climate<\/a>. In a recent Pew Research Center survey<\/a>, 44% of Americans said dealing with climate change should be a top long-term foreign policy goal for the United States. But Americans\u2019 views about the importance of addressing climate change and other foreign policy priorities differed by a number of factors \u2013 most notably their broader attitudes toward international engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In general, Americans who have faith in international cooperation were more likely to prioritize policies that require engaging with global partners, while those who doubt the value of collaborating with other countries prioritized policies that can be pursued independently. And similar divides cut across party affiliation, education and community type, according to the survey of 2,596 U.S. adults conducted Feb. 1-7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the American public is closely divided<\/a> on the question of how much international engagement benefits the nation. A slight majority (54%) said many of the nation\u2019s problems can be solved by working with other countries, while a narrow minority (45%) said few of the country\u2019s problems can be solved through international cooperation. And these differences of opinion over international engagement often extend to specific issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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