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KEI Past Publication Series
American Public Attitudes on U.S. Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia and on the Korean Peninsula, 2025
This year’s KEI/YouGov survey comes at a moment of profound uncertainty in U.S. foreign policy. The Donald Trump administration has unsettled established trade arrangements, raised questions about the durability of U.S. alliance commitments, and injected unpredictability into U.S. engagement with long-standing partners like South Korea. Against this backdrop, American public…
Contemporary American Public Attitudes on U.S.-South Korea-Japan Trilateral Cooperation
The August 2023 trilateral summit at Camp David marked a historic milestone in U.S.-South Korea-Japan relations, establishing new frameworks for crisis consultation, information-sharing, joint military exercises, and cooperation on critical supply chains. While the summit reflected growing bipartisan support in Washington for trilateral cooperation, skepticism remains about unresolved historical issues…
Untethered Sentiments: How Politics, Visibility, Perception, and Demographic Differences Shape American Views on Foreign Investment and Trade
The key takeaways from this study are as follows: 1. Impact of Perception on Foreign Investment Attitudes: The study finds that individual perceptions of FDI at the state level play a crucial role in shaping attitudes toward investment. Individuals who perceive high Korean FDI or states where Korean FDI has…
2024 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula
KEI’s 2024 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov from September 3rd to September 10th, 2024. The goal of the report is to explore the perceptions of Americans on the relationship with South Korea, the challenges presented…
2023 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula
KEI’s 2023 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov from August 22nd to August 29th, 2023. The goal of the report is to explore the perceptions of Americans on the relationship with South Korea, the challenges presented…
2022 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula
KEI’s 2022 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov from September 1st to September 12th, 2022. The goal of the report is to explore the perceptions of Americans on the relationship with South Korea, the challenges presented…
2021 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula
KEI’s 2021 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov on August 30th to September 7th, 2021. The report is the second iteration of KEI’s annual survey asking Americans their views on relations with South Korea, the challenges…
2021 Report on American Attitudes towards the U.S.-ROK Alliance and North Korea Policy
KEI’s 2021 Report on American Attitudes on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and North Korea Policy summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov on May 6th to May 10th, 2021 in advance of the U.S.-ROK summit on May 21st, 2021. The survey asked Americans their views on…
2020 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula
KEI’s 2020 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula focuses on U.S. views on relations with South Korea, U.S. awareness of South Korean brands and cultural products, and views on North Korea and was conducted by YouGov. The results reveal that while Americans have a favorable view of South…