| 8 | 89 | 3 | 100 |
| Italy | 18 | 74 | 8 | 100 |
| Poland | 32 | 54 | 14 | 100 |
| Spain | 12 | 86 | 2 | 100 |
| United Kingdom | 33 | 59 | 8 | 100 |
| Russia | 7 | 78 | 15 | 100 |
| Ukraine | 11 | 66 | 23 | 100 |
| Turkey | 7 | 83 | 10 | 100 |
| Egypt | 4 | 87 | 9 | 100 |
| >1 Only the 2014 data is included |
Unit II. US: from Democracy to Empire?
Unit II. US: from Democracy to Empire?
| Country | Approve (%) | Disapprove (%) | DK/refused (%) | Total (%) |
| Jordan | 5 | 90 | 5 | 100 |
| Lebanon | 23 | 71 | 6 | 100 |
| Palestine ter. | 7 | 84 | 9 | 100 |
| Tunisia | 17 | 77 | 6 | 100 |
| Israel | 65 | 27 | 8 | 100 |
| Bangladesh | 22 | 70 | 8 | 100 |
| China | 35 | 52 | 13 | 100 |
| India | 28 | 36 | 36 | 100 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 74 | 16 | 100 |
| Japan | 12 | 82 | 6 | 100 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 80 | 14 | 100 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 66 | 31 | 100 |
| Philippines | 24 | 67 | 9 | 100 |
| South Korea | 23 | 75 | 2 | 100 |
| Thailand | 12 | 79 | 9 | 100 |
| Vietnam | 12 | 78 | 10 | 100 |
| Argentina | 5 | 87 | 8 | 100 |
| Brazil | 7 | 87 | 6 | 100 |
| Chile | 15 | 68 | 17 | 100 |
| Colombia | 9 | 86 | 5 | 100 |
| El Salvador | 11 | 73 | 16 | 100 |
| Mexico | 14 | 80 | 6 | 100 |
| Nicaragua | 9 | 88 | 3 | 100 |
| Peru | 10 | 80 | 10 | 100 |
TASK 2
Analyse the two extracts from students' survey reports based on these data. Check the statements in the reports against the data. Are the generalizations well grounded?
Text 1
From the table of data the most significant items are as follows. The only country (except the USA where 52% of respondents support the American policy) in which a majority of respondents (65%) approve of US drone strikes is Israel. The same situation can be found in France, where 27% of French stand for the US strikes against the above mentioned countries. It has been found that a large percentage of US allies and partners from Jordan (90%), Greece (89%), Nicaragua (88%), Egypt (87%), Spain (86%) etc. totally disapprove of the use of drones. Despite the fact that the strikes are aimed at Pakistani extremists that imperil their country, a significant number of Pakistani citizens (30%) refused to answer the question, while only 66% express disapproval.
Text 2
The results of the survey show that in most of the 44 countries (with Israel and the USA itself being the few exceptions) people oppose missile strikes from drones conducted by the USA. In countries such as Argentina, Japan, Russia, Greece, Spain, Mexico and Nicaragua more than two-thirds of the respondents said they disapprove of these attacks. Besides, an overwhelming majority of the respondents from the Islamic states (90% in Jordan, 87% in Egypt and 84% in Palestinian Administered Territories) are also opponents of the practice of using drones to conduct strikes.
Unsurprisingly, the interviewees from the closest allies of the USA tend to justify this method of combating terrorism — in Israel about 65 per cent of the respondents back it. In Great Britain, Poland and Germany those who approve of the USA conducting missile strikes account for 32-33 per cent of all the respondents. Their number is also large in China (35%) and India (28%).
