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Pew Research polling on NATO, 2026
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- Title
- NATO Gets High Marks From Member States
- Authors
- Jacob Poushter, Sneha Gubbala, William Miner
- Published
- Jul 6 2026
- Word count
- 1729 words
The headline says "NATO gets high marks", but I'd make the opposite characterization from the data they present. Nato having a net negative favorability rating among one of its most strategically important members (Turkey), being underwater for two other members (Spain and Greece), and being not far from 50/50 in two vital members (France and Italy) is certainly a major concern for the future of the alliance, especially given the downward trend. Though, the high popularity in Hungary is interesting and surprising.
Other points of interest to me: Russia being fairly unpopular in Pakistan. Fairly strong support for Russia in Indonesia. The general growing favorability of Russia. The greater favorability of Russia among young people. The general lack of confidence around the world for Zelenskyy, even in countries with an unfavorable view of Russia.
The note about the popularity in France and Spain holds true: these opinions are largely anti-US sentiment more than they are NATO specific.
Turkey's population may see NATO as unfavourable but I'm fairly confident that's irrelevant. It's incredibly unlikely their political leadership wants to leave NATO, it's highly beneficial for them.
If anything, the reduction in popularity doesn't mean these countries are opposed to working with each other militarily, they are increasingly opposed to being in this military alliance with an ally-threatening US.
IIRC Spain has never really appreciated the importance of NATO (in terms of public opinion), probably due to feeling mostly geographically separated from any threats, even before first Trump. So I don't think this is due to US necessarily, but I also don't think this is a significant change.