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Most Americans Now Say U.S. Foreign Policy Ignores the Interests of Other Countries

Pew Research Center · Richard Wike, Jonathan Schulman, Laura Clancy, Jordan Lippert and Sofia Hernandez Ramones · last updated

Partisans hold different views on whether the U.S. contributes to peace, considers other countries’ interests and garners respect around the world.

Since 2002, we have asked Americans to what extent they think the United States takes into account the interests of other countries when making foreign policy decisions.

And for the first time, a new Pew Research Center survey finds that a majority (53%) believe the U.S. does not consider other countries’ interests much or at all.

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