eastern europe / http://backend.userland.com/rss ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½WebTeam As leaders gather for NATO's 70-year anniversary, ÓÅÃÛ´«Ã½reviews its archives for insights on what Americans think about the longtime defense pact. /opinion/gallup/268913/americans-long-seen-nato-good.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /opinion/gallup/268913/americans-long-seen-nato-good.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 02 Dec 2019 20:00:00 GMT While Britons were voting to leave the European Union last summer, residents in all 11 EU member states in Eastern Europe -- except Greece -- were more likely to see benefit than harm in their country's membership. /poll/210083/eastern-europe-positive-membership.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/210083/eastern-europe-positive-membership.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 10 May 2017 06:00:00 GMT While Donald Trump has questioned the relevancy of NATO, residents in many member countries in Eastern Europe view the alliance as providing protection. /poll/203819/nato-members-eastern-europe-protection.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/203819/nato-members-eastern-europe-protection.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 10 Feb 2017 07:00:00 GMT In EU member states in Eastern Europe, residents see Russia as the biggest threat to their countries; in non-member states, the U.S. is a bigger threat. Former Soviet states see threats from both countries. /poll/190415/eastern-europeans-cis-residents-russia-threats.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/190415/eastern-europeans-cis-residents-russia-threats.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Mon, 04 Apr 2016 06:00:00 GMT Before the recent crisis, Ukrainian residents saw tolerance toward those of different nationalities and religions as getting worse than in Soviet Union days. Ethnic Ukrainians were more positive than were ethnic Russians. /poll/167969/tolerance-different-nationalities-worse-ukraine.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/167969/tolerance-different-nationalities-worse-ukraine.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 18 Mar 2014 18:30:00 GMT Ukraine's staunchest support during its recent crisis has come from countries in NATO, which Ukrainians as recently as last summer were still more likely to consider a threat to their country than as protection. /poll/167927/crisis-ukrainians-likely-nato-threat.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/167927/crisis-ukrainians-likely-nato-threat.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:30:00 GMT A majority of Ukrainians have not had confidence in their government and leaders regardless of who has been in power over the last eight years. /poll/167825/ukraine-next-leader-need-restore-trust.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/167825/ukraine-next-leader-need-restore-trust.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 11 Mar 2014 16:30:00 GMT Western-style democracy may not appeal to all Ukrainians, but the majority (74%) interviewed before the protests said democracy is important for development. Few at the time were satisfied with the way it was working in their country. /poll/167759/democracy-important-ukrainians.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/167759/democracy-important-ukrainians.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:00:00 GMT Among residents living in several European Union countries -- particularly those that received financial bailouts -- the economic crisis has corroded political support for the EU's leadership. /poll/166757/leadership-approval-record-low-spain-greece.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/166757/leadership-approval-record-low-spain-greece.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 08 Jan 2014 07:00:00 GMT As the 22nd anniversary of the Soviet Union's collapse approaches next week, residents in seven out of 11 former Soviet republics are more likely to say the breakup harmed their countries than benefited them. /poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/166538/former-soviet-countries-harm-breakup.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 19 Dec 2013 07:00:00 GMT