Rogue Nation
Wed 19 Jun 2019 19.00 EDT
The United States has joined Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Iran in a rogues gallery of countries perceived as likely to use their influence for bad. All five countries are also seen as less likely to use their influence for good than they were 10 years ago.
The findings show that Canada, Germany and the UN are seen as mostly likely to use their international influence for good. The findings are being published to accompany a major speech by the former British foreign secretary David Miliband who argues that international relations are now governed by a new age of impunity in which war crimes and attacks on humanitarian workers are typically left unpunished.
Miliband, currently president of the International Rescue Committee, will argue that a long retreat of liberal democracy has ushered in a new divide in which some states abide by the rules ushered in after the second world war, and
other states regard such international law as for suckers.
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The poll was conducted amongst 17,000 adults around the world by Ipsos Mori in 24 countries on behalf of Policy Institute at Kings College London.
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http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/19/us-russia-saudi-arabia-israel-iran-forces-for-bad-poll-finds