Global Attitudes Toward the US Back to 2002 Levels
According to the Pew Research Center global attitudes towards the U.S. are back to where they were in 2002. However, this renewed positive attitude is expected to decline thanks to American foreign policy in the Middle East.
From CNBC:
Favorable global feelings toward the United States have returned to 2002 levels, matching generally warm, pro-American sentiments measured just prior to the Iraq War: 64 percent of the planet's inhabitants tend to like America, according to numbers tabulated for NBC News by the Pew Research Center.
That equates to a 13-point rise in American favorability among the same 19 nations surveyed by Pew in 2007. The Pew team polled people in countries spanning from Pakistan, where only 11 percent of locals today back the United States, to Ghana, where 83 percent of the populace is pro-American, Pew figures show.
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