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8% of Iranians approved of US leadership in late 2011 and early 2012 — one of the lowest ratings the US receives worldwide. 46% of Iranians support cutting ties with countries that impose economic sanctions on Iran 31% do not, showing a sizable minority of Iranians still value relations.
—Gallup World, Feb. 2012

Audio/Video: World

What Are the World's Crisis Spots?
What's at stake politically in several of the world's hot spots including Egypt, Syria, Iran, and Pakistan? See more
Arab Spring: 18 Months Later
Where are we 18 months in? Could an observer of the Arab World two years ago have envisioned a presidential election in... See more
Technology and Democracy
Google’s executive chairman discusses a variety of issues including its relationship to China, the value of the... See more
Will The European Union Survive?
The EU’s economic crisis has brought its member nations to a historic moment. The present limited pooling of... See more
In Conversation with Pervez Musharraf
"Pakistan is a country which is self- sustainable. It has the potential, it has the resources to stand on its own feet... See more
What Is Democracy? Does It Work?
From the Greek, “rule of the people,” “democracy” is a form of government wherein all the citizens of a nation... See more

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Fact: World
A survey of 2,500 Arab youth in 12 Middle Eastern countries found that the youth in all of them unequivocally placed being paid a fair wage as their top priority, above living in a democracy and receiving reliable healthcare, the top two priorities in 2011.
—The Jerusalem Post, May 2012