How do people around the world view war, conflict, and the shifting global order? What do they expect from international cooperation and the United Nations?
With the Global Radar, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung bundles its proven surveys - the Security Radar (by FES Vienna) and Global Census (by FES New York) - into a new flagship study on foreign policy opinion. Based on representative surveys in 32 countries with a total of more than 64,000 respondents worldwide, it delivers comparable data on public attitudes toward security policy, global commons, multilateralism and the role of the United Nations. The main report will be presented at the Munich Security Conference in February 2027.
Beyond comprehensive data on national public opinion, the Global Radar project will produce comparative analyses and policy recommendations for decision makers. Country reports and visualised data sheets will offer deeper insights into individual states, while regional and thematic policy papers complement the project.
64,058 respondents were polled across 32 countries in September 2026.
Some 2,000 people were surveyed in each country aside from Russia, where 1,000 interviews were conducted. Most interviews were conducted online. In some countries face-to-face interviews were conducted to access harder to reach populations.
Each country’s sample is nationally representative, with weighting applied to the data according to age, gender, and region to ensure results reflect its population.
Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Serbia, South Africa, Türkiye, Ukraine
Dr. Alexandra Dienes
Cooperation & Peace
