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New UMD Poll Shows Israelis Doubt Benefit from Gaza Conflict

By Guest PostDecember 1, 2012Politicsamerican public, anwar sadat professor, arabs, ethnic conflict, gaza strip, hamas, international policy attitudes, iran, iranian nuclear facilities, Israel, israeli attack, israeli jews, israelis, jewish identity, maryland, middle east, nuclear free zone, nuclear weapon, Obama, opinion, palestinian state, pipa, poll, President Obama, program, shibley telhami, steven kull, syria, syrian situation, un, united states, university

Three in Five Israelis Now View Obama Favorably

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new University of Maryland poll shows that in the aftermath of November’s round of fighting with Hamas and other groups in the Gaza Strip, only 36% of Israelis think that Israel is better off than it was before the escalation, while a majority feel Israel is either about the same (38%) or worse off (21%).

40% said Israel won the combat in the Gaza Strip. A majority said either that no side won (45%) or that Hamas won (11%). (more…)

U.S. Believers Favor International Action on Climate Change, Nuclear Risk: UMD Poll

By Guest PostDecember 8, 2011Culture, Environmentamericans, author, belief in god, catholics, climate change, combat, conservative, creation, evangelicals, global policy, global poverty, greenhouse gases, john steinbruner, liberal, nuclear risks, nuclear war, poll, religious americans, spiritual obligation, spread of nuclear weapons, steven kull, united states, university of maryland, us population

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A majority of Americans professing belief in God favor cooperative international efforts to combat climate change and the spread of nuclear weapons, says a new public opinion poll conducted jointly by the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) and its Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA).

The nearly 1,500 Americans surveyed include large numbers of Catholics and Evangelicals.

The study, Faith and Global Policy Challenges: How Spiritual Values Shape Views on Poverty, Nuclear Risks, and Environmental Degradation, also finds that a majority of believers consider addressing global poverty a “spiritual obligation,” and think that the United States should work cooperatively with other nations to reduce it. (more…)

Americans Remain Sympathetic to Arab Uprising: New UMD Survey

By Guest PostApril 15, 2011Politicsairstrikes, american public opinion, arab uprisings, democratic, libya, middle east, professor, shibley telhami, steven kull, university of maryland, us policies

*Declining Majority Supports U.S. Airstrikes*

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new University of Maryland in-depth survey of American public opinion gives a detailed picture of how the country is reacting to the major, unfolding drama in the Middle East.

Conducted in early April, the polling finds Americans overwhelmingly sympathetic to the Arab uprisings for democracy, largely see it as a positive trend and consider developments there a high U.S. priority. A majority – though a declining one – still supports airstrikes on Libya. (more…)

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New UMD Poll Shows Israelis Doubt Benefit from Gaza Conflict

U.S. Believers Favor International Action on Climate Change, Nuclear Risk: UMD Poll

Americans Remain Sympathetic to Arab Uprising: New UMD Survey