US Political Involvement
November 26, 2008Gallup's Steve Crabtree discusses Gallup Poll findings relating to the challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Obama should consider ways to boost grassroots pressure for peace
November 26, 2008Though about two-thirds of Israelis and Palestinians say they support the Mideast peace process, fewer than one-third among either population believe lasting peace will ever be achieved. That may present opportunities for Obama’s foreign policy team.
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October 3, 2008In June 2008, more Pakistanis perceived cooperation between the United States and Pakistan in the war on terrorism as mostly benefiting the U.S. than perceived it as mostly benefiting Pakistan or both countries equally.
Understanding the difference
September 12, 2008Gallup Poll Editor in Chief Frank Newport explains the difference between registered voters and likely voters in Gallup election polling.
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September 12, 2008An in-depth look at how Americans’ opinions on the war in Iraq have changed since the initial invasion in March 2003.
September 12, 2008In June 2008, 71% of Iraqis said they think of the coalition forces in Iraq mostly as occupiers and just 17% said they think of them mostly as liberators.
September 10, 2008As Egypt announces it will host an inter-Palestinian dialogue in October, Gallup reveals that 78% of Egyptians in May said they pay a great deal or some attention to news involving the Palestinian territories, up slightly from 74% in 2007.
August 20, 2008As Poland and the United States ink a missile defense deal, which Russia opposes, Gallup reveals that Polish citizens took similar sides in 2007, when they were more likely to approve of U.S. leadership than Russian leadership.
July 30, 2008Forty-four percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan is the more important war for the United States than the war in Iraq, while 38% say the war in Iraq is more important.
June 19, 2008U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced trip to Lebanon this week to express the United States' support for democracy in the country. In 2006, 69% of Lebanese did not think the United States was serious about developing a democracy in their country.
