Overview
- The latest Democracy Perception Index reports a U.S. net perception score of -16, below Russia at -11 and China at +7.
- The Kyiv Independent says the United States ranked 128th out of 132 countries and institutions in the index.
- Nira Data conducted the survey online from March 19 to April 21 using more than 94,000 respondents across 98 countries, with country views drawn from 46,600 people in 85 countries.
- The Alliance of Democracies Foundation says respondents most often named the U.S. as a top global threat after Russia and Israel.
- Alliance founder Anders Fogh Rasmussen cites U.S. tariffs, threats over Greenland, cuts to Ukraine aid, and tensions tied to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran as factors that unsettled NATO partners.