On the foreign policy and the role of the USA in the world

Three quarters of the Czech population (76%) hold the opinion that in terms of foreign policy the USA accentuates its own power and economic interests; almost two thirds (64%) believe that the USA does not care about what the world community thinks, and two fifths (42%) are of the opinion that the current foreign policy of the USA poses a threat for the world today. The Czech society is also deeply ambivalent about whether the foreign policy of the United States strives for stability and a peaceful world – 47% of citizens think so, while 44% are persuaded to the contrary. As to whether the foreign policy of the USA defends freedom, democracy and human rights, a narrow majority of those polled (51%) thinks it does, whereas almost two fifths (38%) believe that it does not. An opinion that the United States is entitled to use military power against undemocratic regimes is held by approximately a fifth of the Czech population (22%), whereas two thirds (64%) disagree with it.