Worldviews 2001 (Transatlantic Trends)

Foreign Relations. Relations of country to the USA. Combatting
international terrorism.

Topics: most important issue currently facing own country; attitude
towards the amount of expenditure for different government programs;
attitude towards the amount of defense spending and economic aid to
other nations by the US; knowledge of US president´s name; assessment
of influence of the USA, Russia, Germany, China, Great Britain, France
and the European Union in the world (0 to 10 scale); attitude towards
strong leadership in world affairs by the USA and by the European
Union; economic or military strength more important for overall power
and influence in the world; support for an active role of own country
in international politics; assessment of the George W. Bush
administration´s handling of foreign policy in general, international
terrorism, the Arab/Israeli conflict, Iraq, global warming, Afghanistan
and its relations with Europe (4-point scale); importance of European
Union and the USA for vital interests of own country; personal
preference of superpower status for the European Union and/or the USA;
preferred role of the European Union in international politics;
willingness to accept increase in military expenditures for European
superpower status; assessment of different threats to the vital
interests of own country or Europe: political instability in Russia,
economic competition from the USA, development of China as a world
power, Islamic fundamentalism, international terrorism, rising number
of immigrants and refugees, global warming, globalization, Arab/Israeli
conflict, Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, tensions between India and
Pakistan; 100-point sympathy temperature scale for the USA, Russia,
Germany, Israel, Great Britain, France, the European Union and Iraq;
attitude towards NATO´s importance for own country´s security; attitude
towards the expansion of NATO to include any of the following
countries: Rumania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania, Estonia,
Latvia and Russia; knowledge of the location of NATO headquarters;
attitude towards the use of own country´s military to ensure the supply
of oil, to destroy terrorist camps, to bring peace to civil war areas,
to liberate hostages, to help relieve famines, to uphold international
law; attitude towards Europe focusing on economic development and
humanitarian assistance and the US specializing in military
interventions; attitude towards a US invasion of Iraq and the overthrow
of Saddam Hussein; attitude towards involvement of own country´s troops
in possible military action in Iraq; support for the establishment of
an independent Palestinian state; support for more involvement of own
country and the USA in the Middle East talks even at the price of
increased political and economic costs; attitude towards different
measures to combat terrorism; attitude towards blaming American foreign
policy for September 11 attacks; US genuinely trying to protect itself
from further attacks or using the attacks to enforce its will around
the globe; attitude towards strengthening international institutions;
assessment of trade relations with the USA and Japan; support for the
use of biotechnology or genetic manipulation in agriculture and food
production; globalization good or bad for: own country´s economy,
strengthening of poor countries´ economy, maintaining cultural
diversity, own standard of living.

Demography: sex, age (categorized), school education, self-placement
on a left-right continuum, party preference; voting intention
(Sonntagsfrage); occupation; number of persons older than 17 in
household (reduced size of household).

Additional variables: region, social class, size of hometown, area of
residence; size of municipality.