Americans See U.S. Global Power And Influence Declining

U.S. Power Declining As Support For Global Engagement Slips -- PEW Research

America’s Place in the World 2013

Overview

Growing numbers of Americans believe that U.S. global power and prestige are in decline. And support for U.S. global engagement, already near a historic low, has fallen further. The public thinks that the nation does too much to solve world problems, and increasing percentages want the U.S. to “mind its own business internationally” and pay more attention to problems here at home.

Yet this reticence is not an expression of across-the-board isolationism. Even as doubts grow about the United States’ geopolitical role, most Americans say the benefits from U.S. participation in the global economy outweigh the risks. And support for closer trade and business ties with other nations stands at its highest point in more than a decade.

These are among the principal findings of America’s Place in the World, a quadrennial survey of foreign policy attitudes conducted in partnership with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), a nonpartisan membership organization and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy.

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More News On American Views Of U.S. Global Power

U.S. Public Positive About America’s Global Economic Engagement, While Support for International Intervention Slips, Finds New Pew Research-CFR Poll -- Council On Foreign Relations
Poof: Public says America's world leadership has tumbled to 40-year low -- Washington Examiner
U.S. should ‘mind its own business internationally,’ say most Americans in new study -- Toronto Star
What do Americans think of their role in the world? -- BBC
Should the United States mind its own business? Half of Americans think so -- Al.com
Do Americans Want to Retreat From the World? -- James M. Lindsay, Council On Foreign Relations

My Comment: This shift in altitude is staggering. Isolationism is definitely taking root in America.