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| U.S. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT | Support for Collaborative Policy | ||
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AMERICANS EMBRACE A COLLABORATIVE AND PRINCIPLED APPROACH TO U.S. FOREIGN POLICY April 11, 2006 -- Recent public opinion poll results released by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) reinforce the notion that a majority of Americans embrace a collaborative and principled approach to U.S. foreign policy. The mid-March poll, “Americans on Iraq: Three Years On,” focuses on the decision to go to war in Iraq and the pre-war Iraq conditions, but it also highlights American support for multilateralism and the inclusion of the international community in Iraq. A large bipartisan majority of Americans are supportive of the creation of a multilateral operation in Iraq, even if it would require the U.S. to relinquish some control over the operation. When asked about putting the Iraq operation under the auspices of the United Nations, so that other nations could contribute more troops, 72% of those polled favored the idea. This sentiment was shared across party lines with 86% of Democrats and 60% of Republicans supporting this action. The public also welcomes a collaborative approach to address the economic reconstruction in Iraq. A majority of those polled (77%) favored the UN guiding Iraq’s economic reconstruction. Additionally, a bipartisan majority supports holding a global conference to assess the stability and economic restructuring of Iraq, with 81% of Republicans and 78% in favor. The polling results reinforce the enduring trend that the public consistently favors working together to share the burden over the go-it-alone approach to foreign policy. Americans recognize the necessity of international collaboration in order to solve the growing challenges that emerge in an interconnected world.
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