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Majority (54%) of Global Citizens Support International Coalition’s Airstrikes Against
ISIL and Half (48%) in 24 Country Study Feel that Airstrikes Will Eliminate ISIL as
Serious Threat to Peace
Majority (58%) Believe it’s Good for the World that the United States Feels it has
Special Responsibility to Assist Countries or Peoples When Confronted by Military
Aggressors
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Methodology…
These are findings of the research conducted by global research company Ipsos for the Halifax International Security Forum.
Conducted between October 5th to 19th, 2014.
Sample of 17,581 respondents in 24 countries were interviewed: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the United States.
Interviews were conducted among adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada and aged 16-64 in all other countries. Approximately 1000+ individuals participated on a country by country basis via the Ipsos Online Panel with the exception of Argentina, Belgium, Hungary, India, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden and Turkey where each have a sample approximately 500+.
The precision of Ipsos online polls are calculated using a credibility interval. In this case, a poll of 1,000 is accurate to +/- 3.5 percentage points and one of 500 is accurate to +/- 5.0 percentage points in their respective general populations. There are 15 countries that have been weighted to represent their actual adult population: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and the United States. The remaining nine country results are representative of adult Primary Consumers who are internet enabled and have a higher income and education than the average country norm.
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Majority (54%) support the international coalition's airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL)…
3 Q3.6. To what extent do you agree or disagree about the following statements:
21%
47%
30%
29%
32%
27%
32%
25%
28%
27%
33%
23%
23%
12%
22%
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20%
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8%
11%
11%
8%
6%
8%
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35%
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38%
42%
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31%
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30%
36%
30%
32%
27%
31%
28%
25%
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15%
10%
54%
82%
74%
71%
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64%
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61%
54%
52%
50%
50%
46%
44%
39%
39%
36%
23%
20%
19%
Total
Turkey
United States
India
Belgium
Australia
France
Great Britain
Saudi Arabia
Canada
Sweden
Poland
Germany
South Korea
South Africa
China
Romania
Italy
Hungary
Japan
Spain
Brazil
Mexico
Russia
Argentina
Strongly agree Somewhat agree Total Agree
CANADA 64%
UNITED STATES 74%
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Half (48%) feel the international coalition’s airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and Levant (ISIL) will eliminate them as a serious threat to peace…
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13%
28%
24%
12%
21%
13%
10%
16%
16%
17%
13%
12%
15%
7%
8%
13%
9%
9%
9%
11%
13%
7%
12%
8%
7%
35%
45%
42%
51%
39%
46%
46%
39%
39%
37%
38%
37%
31%
39%
35%
28%
33%
32%
30%
27%
23%
30%
22%
26%
26%
48%
73%
66%
64%
60%
59%
56%
55%
55%
54%
50%
49%
46%
46%
43%
42%
42%
41%
39%
38%
37%
37%
34%
34%
33%
Total
India
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Romania
Poland
China
South Africa
Brazil
Turkey
Belgium
Hungary
France
Japan
Australia
Mexico
Germany
United States
Italy
Sweden
Russia
Canada
Argentina
Spain
Great Britain
Strongly agree Somewhat agree Total Agree
CANADA 37%
UNITED STATES 41%
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Half (51% +7): Your country being involved in an armed conflict with another nation…
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51%
86%
82%
81%
78%
75%
62%
60%
59%
58%
57%
54%
51%
50%
48%
44%
43%
38%
32%
25%
24%
23%
20%
16%
Total
Turkey
United States
Great Britain
France
Australia
Canada
India
Saudi Arabia
Belgium
Russia
Germany
Japan
Romania
Poland
South Korea
Italy
Spain
South Africa
Hungary
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Sweden
CHANGE
7%
6%
4%
16%
20%
30%
23%
5%
9%
32%
12%
18%
7%
N/A
12%
4%
2%
4%
4%
6%
8%
9%
7%
8%
Q1.5 How real do you feel the threat is of any of the following happening in the next twelve months-a very real threat, a somewhat real threat, not much of a real threat or not a real threat at all? TOP2BOX (VERY REAL THREAT/ SOMEWHAT REAL THREAT)
CANADA 62%
UNITED STATES 82%
Compared to 2013
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Six in 10 (59%) believe that given the dangers in the world, my government needs to spend more on my country’s military…
6 Q3.4. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
21%
40%
44%
24%
27%
36%
27%
30%
25%
28%
25%
10%
17%
22%
17%
28%
15%
20%
12%
14%
7%
7%
10%
7%
6%
38%
46%
40%
58%
50%
38%
44%
40%
43%
37%
38%
53%
45%
40%
43%
30%
37%
29%
37%
30%
34%
33%
28%
21%
18%
59%
85%
84%
82%
77%
74%
71%
70%
67%
66%
64%
63%
62%
62%
60%
58%
52%
49%
49%
44%
41%
40%
38%
28%
24%
Total
India
Saudi Arabia
China
Poland
Turkey
Russia
Romania
United States
South Africa
Brazil
South Korea
Australia
Great Britain
Canada
Sweden
France
Argentina
Germany
Mexico
Japan
Belgium
Hungary
Italy
Spain
Strongly agree Somewhat agree Total Agree
CANADA 60%
UNITED STATES 67%
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Six in 10 (58%) believe It’s good for the world that the United States feels it has a special responsibility to assist countries or peoples when they are confronted by military aggressors…
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16%
29%
29%
19%
25%
16%
17%
18%
10%
23%
15%
13%
20%
16%
7%
17%
19%
12%
12%
17%
9%
14%
10%
14%
7%
42%
46%
42%
51%
44%
51%
50%
48%
56%
40%
49%
51%
42%
47%
49%
38%
36%
43%
42%
35%
41%
32%
32%
21%
14%
58%
76%
71%
71%
70%
67%
67%
66%
66%
64%
64%
64%
62%
62%
56%
55%
55%
55%
54%
52%
50%
46%
42%
34%
21%
Total
India
Romania
France
South Africa
Poland
Australia
Belgium
South Korea
Saudi Arabia
Great Britain
United States
Brazil
Canada
Japan
Sweden
Turkey
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Germany
Mexico
China
Argentina
Russia
Strongly agree Somewhat agree Total Agree
Q3.8. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
CANADA 62%
UNITED STATES 64%
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Two thirds (62%) expect in the next 25 years we could see another world conflict involving superpowers similar to World Wars 1 and 2 …
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22%
34%
32%
33%
27%
30%
23%
28%
28%
19%
21%
17%
20%
21%
21%
28%
21%
19%
25%
7%
17%
11%
19%
11%
6%
40%
44%
41%
38%
44%
41%
47%
39%
36%
45%
42%
47%
41%
41%
40%
31%
38%
41%
33%
50%
40%
45%
32%
34%
34%
62%
78%
73%
72%
71%
71%
70%
67%
64%
64%
64%
64%
62%
62%
61%
59%
59%
59%
57%
57%
57%
57%
51%
45%
40%
Total
United States
Turkey
South Africa
Saudi Arabia
India
Australia
Canada
Mexico
Poland
France
Spain
Russia
Brazil
Belgium
Romania
Great Britain
Italy
Argentina
South Korea
Hungary
China
Sweden
Germany
Japan
Strongly agree Somewhat agree Total Agree
Q3.5. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?
CANADA 67%
UNITED STATES 78%
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For More Information Contact:
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Dr. Darrell Bricker, Chief Executive Officer, Ipsos Global Public Affairs 300—160 Bloor Street East Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4W 1B9 Direct Phone: 416.324.2001 email: [email protected]
