List of Public Opinion articles
![People pose for pictures in front of one of China's first nuclear missiles, the Dong Feng 1, as they visit the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/china-nuclear-GettyImages-1247898551.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
China’s Nuclear Taboo Isn’t as Strong as It Seems
New research casts doubt on a long-standing theory.
![A woman in a futuristic suit lifts her hand above her head as she looks into the distance. Behind her is a robot soldier with a human head and a Western vigilante in cowboy hat and long coat, with a hole where his nose should be.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/fallout-series-amazon-site.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The True Horseman of the ‘Fallout’ Apocalypse
Amazon’s adaptation of the video game knows what Americans should really be afraid of.
![A migrant worker wearing a camouflage patterned jacket and a yellow hard hat rides a tricycle on a road in front of a building wall with a large mural. The man's head is tilted toward the mural, which shows three red and black fists against an orange and yellow striped background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/china-economy-GettyImages-52774918.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
China’s Public Wants to Make a Living, Not War
Discontent about the country’s poor economic reality is starting to drown out nationalist calls to attack Taiwan.
![Taiwanese President-elect Lai Ching-te cheers with his delegation onstage.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/taiwan-president-GettyImages-1871479240.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
What Is Taiwan’s New President Going to Do About China?
Polling data indicates the public is split over the future of the island and the threat of annexation.
![An indigenous woman with streaks of paint down her face and wearing a bandana yells as she takes part in a protest against a government mining contract in Panama.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/panama-mining-protest-GettyImages-1760550468.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Panama’s Mining Future Is at a Tipping Point
Protesters want to kick out the country’s biggest investor and usher in a new era of environmental politics.
![A Ukrainian soldier wearing a camouflage military uniform is seen from behind as they walk down a cracked paved road surrounded by grassy fields and open sky. The soldier is holding a rifle and casts a long shadow.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/ukraine-war-GettyImages-1706074000.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Negotiating With Russia Is Still a Bad Idea
The rationale for forcing Ukraine to stop fighting keeps changing with the facts on the ground.
![Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks in Saint Petersburg, Russia.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/putin-woke-antiwar-us-right-GettyImages-1246326335.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Putin Wants You to Think He’s an Anti-Woke Crusader
By pitching himself as a hero to the U.S. right, he’s taking a page from the 1960s North Vietnamese playbook to undermine support for Ukraine.
![An image depicting former Saudi King Abdulaziz bin Saud (left), King Salman bin Abdulaziz, and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seen on a building in Riyadh on April 16.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/saudi-arabia-abdulaziz-salman-mbs-aramco-GettyImages-1251880459.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Saudi Arabia Is Extremely Popular in the Middle East
Mohammed bin Salman’s middle finger to Washington is burnishing Riyadh’s image.
![A man holds a Ukrainian flag during a solidarity demonstration in Chicago.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/ukraine-us-solidarity-fatigue-GettyImages-1244027907.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
The Myth of America’s Ukraine Fatigue
No, the U.S. public isn’t giving up on Ukraine.
![A resident watches a TV screen showing news about Russia’s war in Ukraine at a shopping mall in Hangzhou, China, on Feb. 25.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/china-ukraine-russia-war-propaganda-censorship-GettyImages-1238744154.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Ukraine Exposed the True Danger of Chinese Censorship
The Chinese public has been inoculated against outside information.
![Zivil Courage Illustration of words](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Zivilcourage_Germany-Lessons-override-art.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
America Doesn’t Need Heroes
Why Germany’s concept of Zivilcourage is one for the Biden era.
![Micah Cohen, Nate Silver, and Harry Enten](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ELECTIONS-POLLS-BANS.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Polling Has a 98 Percent Chance of Being Bad for You
It’s not the accuracy of the polls that matters, it’s their ubiquity.
![Chinese Premier Lie Keqiang and Australian then-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a state visit in Sydney on Mar. 25, 2017.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/china-australia-backlash.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
China Learns the Hard Way That Money Can’t Buy You Love
Few countries have soured more rapidly against China than Australia, as decades of influence-building by Beijing come to naught.
![Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Oct. 5.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/GettyImages-trump-polling-international-relations-1228914402.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
Trump, COVID-19, and the Future of International Order
In a new survey, international relations experts are pessimistic about the years to come.
![U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping](https://cdn.statically.io/img/foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/trump-xi-jinping-united-states-china-871942032.jpg?w=800?quality=90)
When It Comes to China, Americans Think Like Trump
Recent data suggests that most voters share the White House’s hawkish approach to China.