As research polls go, it was pretty remarkable. The Pew Research Centre poll released recently tells of a more frightening and insecure world with American in it. That's revealing, since the United States has been central to the economic, military, trade and intellectual global frameworks since the Second World War.A look at the numbers reveals just how much things have changed. When asked whether U.S. power and influence formed a major threat to their respective nations, the responses were troubling. The same question was asked in an earlier poll from 2013 and reveals an interesting comparison.DO YOU SEE U.S. POWER AND INFLUENCE AS A THREAT TO YOUR COUNTRY?
- Germany (2013) – 19% (2018) – 49%
- France (2013) – 20% (2018) – 49%
- Japan (2013) – 49% (2018) – 66%
- Britain (2013) – 22% (2018) – 37%
- Israel (2013) – 9% (2018) – 15%
- South Africa (2013) – 24% (2018) – 42%
- Russia (2013) – 37% (2018) – 43%