{"id":2819,"date":"2018-03-01T00:39:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T05:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2018-03-12T00:41:13","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T04:41:13","slug":"these-countries-have-the-most-positive-influence-on-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/these-countries-have-the-most-positive-influence-on-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"These countries have the most positive influence on the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

These countries have the most positive influence on the world<\/h1>\n
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The idea of the United States as a \u201cshining city upon a hill\u201d is most closely associated with President Ronald Reagan but has been used by politicians since the country\u2019s earliest days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The founding founders wanted America to be a beacon of freedom and democracy that would light the way for the rest of the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But it seems the brightness of that light has faded of late, with a new survey showing a significant and sudden drop in the number of people around the world who see the United States as having a positive influence.<\/p>\n

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A new Ipsos MORI poll of 18,000 respondents across 25 nations shows that only 40% think the US has a positive influence on the world stage. That’s less than China at 49% and not far ahead of Russia at 35%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The US \u2018approval\u2019 rating has dropped by 24 percentage points since last year’s survey.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Canada is seen as setting the best example with 81% of respondents saying it has a positive influence on world affairs. Australia and Germany complete the top three.<\/p>\n

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In Europe, amid the turmoil of Brexit, the EU and the United Kingdom are both seen as having a positive influence by 57% of respondents. While that\u2019s the same result as last year for the EU, the UK\u2019s rating has dropped by 10 points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Israel and Iran are at the bottom of the ranking with only 32% and 21% of people respectively viewing their global influence in a positive light.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ipsos MORI also asked about international organisations are when they are included in the results, it becomes clear that reputational damage is not confined to nation states.<\/p>\n

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While the United Nations ranks 4th, it has dropped 9 points since last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The World Bank and IMF have both experienced a 7 point drop in approval but still sit ahead of China and the United States. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

These countries have the most positive influence on the world<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These countries have the most positive influence on the world The idea of the United States as a \u201cshining city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2819\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}