Who do people think is their country’s greatest threat? | 2025 Pew Research Study

[u/1DarkStarryNight]

[u/Swampy0gre]

Insert "why is it always you three" meme.

[u/Purple-Medium-8829 → u/Swampy0gre]

I'd be concerned if that wasnt the case... the three highest spenders in military on the planet should be the highest threat

[u/DominicB547 → u/Purple-Medium-8829]

Unless you are in an active war with your direct neighbor like Sudan and South Sudan or at war with yourself.

[u/Cynicastic]

I wonder what that poll looked like in 2022?

[u/stonklord420 → u/Cynicastic]

I bet the US jumped from near last to first for Canada.

[u/Away-Wave-2044 → u/stonklord420]

And probably for a few other countries as well. Almost tied with Russian for first.

[u/ky80sh83nd3r → u/Away-Wave-2044]

Almost like Russia is running both governments.

[u/LongDongSilverDude → u/ky80sh83nd3r]

I mean our president (Krasinov) in the US is a Russian stooge

[u/Big-Stuff-1189 → u/LongDongSilverDude]

Not just the president, I'd say.

[u/RemarkablePiglet3401 → u/Big-Stuff-1189]

Half the government are Russian agents. The other half doesn’t give a shit about that fact.

[u/TeamSpatzi → u/[deleted]]

Those would be the rational people. A Nation that doesn’t share your values or your long term world view and wiling to use force against both will always be a threat.

[u/BlinkyMJF → u/Away-Wave-2044]

"America first"

[u/Basic_Hospital_3984 → u/stonklord420]

Things have gotten pretty stark here in Australia when talking about America, I wonder what the topic is like in Canada.

Even talking with Japanese friends, who never talk about politics, they've been bringing the situation in America up in conversations themselves.

[u/HistorianNew8030 → u/Basic_Hospital_3984]

Canadians talk about America like it was their former absolute best and trusted friend who developed a meth addiction and has created a meth lab in their house.

Due to their unstable behaviour they have stabbed them in the back with essentially what feels like murder threats (annexation threats). We feel betrayed at the highest of levels. We feel anger. We our mourning our friendship. And mostly we worry about what happens if the meth lab we live above explodes.

[u/Original-Rush139 → u/HistorianNew8030]

As an American, I love how seriously Canada is taking our turn toward autocracy. It’s crazy how many people down here just go on about their day and aren’t putting any pressure on the government. Canada, on the other hand, is voting with her wallet and it is making a difference. The dummies down here won’t notice for a long time so please keep it up. This is a marathon and not a sprint. 

[u/Necessary-Shame-2732 → u/Basic_Hospital_3984]

We are both furious and disgusted with the states. Treacherous fuckers. 🍁

[u/washburn100 → u/Necessary-Shame-2732]

Here's what is completely mind boggling. The US elected Trump......TWICE!!!

Trump may be done in 3 years, but what stupidity will they do next!

[u/kleenkong → u/washburn100]

Trump wasn't ever gonna leave in 2020, if Jan 6th was successful. Trump nor his administration ain't planning on leaving in 2028. We just need to wake up to the fact that they are insidious, and need a societal antibiotic to get rid of them.

[u/Sendrubbytums → u/Basic_Hospital_3984]

Everyone I know talks about avoiding going to the US at all costs. My family cancelled a US trip -- people who have done tournaments or conferences for years in the US are skipping them.

Many of us are boycotting as much as we can from the US.

[u/BigJSunshine → u/Sendrubbytums]

As an American- thank you. We need every single repercussion for the hellscape we are creating. Every please boycott the US.

[u/ItsLegion13 → u/stonklord420]

Can confirm as a Canadian we don’t really have much in the way of trust for the current administration.

[u/DanTheLegoMan → u/stonklord420]

And 2nd for most others

[u/scrandis → u/stonklord420]

Well, if this map was accurate, then the #1 threat to America would be America

[u/LeftLiner → u/Cynicastic]

Here in Sweden Russia would still have been #1 but probably China and US would have switched. Russia is the arch enemy (after Denmark, of course) after all.

[u/Not_Cleaver → u/Cynicastic]

Probably Russia down the line for most of Europe, except Greece and Turkey; nationalists fearing their historic enemies (like Poland fearing Germany); and US popping up on occasion and with memories of Trump/past US foreign policy decisions.

[u/Azerate2016 → u/Not_Cleaver]

Russia has always been the most hated and feared country in Poland. Maybe slightly less so before the invasion on Ukraine, but Poland has never been in the "we forgot what Russia did" camp. Our country has been uniquely destroyed by both sides during WW2 and many years after the end of WW2 our country has been under Russia's influence which a lot of people see as an even greater issue than the war time crimes. People may dislike Germany, but they don't really see it as an actual threat.

[u/New_Parking9991 → u/Not_Cleaver]

For greece it has nothing to do with nationalism,thats ridiculous.

Turkey's interests energy/geopolical wise come into direct conflict with ours.

Turkey has a casus belli,and their leader of 20 years routinely make threats.They consider alot of greek islands in the Aegean under occupation among other things.

Also turkey has no problem ''intervening'' outside their borders,we know if the circumstances are right same thing will happen to us.

About the US prolly people remember how they supported the military junta back in the day and the fact they would have no problem dropping any support if their interests are not longer served by helping us.

[u/brumbarosso → u/Not_Cleaver]

Europe saw how russia went into Georgia and saw the military build up

[u/Vannnnah → u/Cynicastic]

nobody in Germany, except some freaks, would have named the US a threat. They would not have been on this list at all. This is the result of your biggest business partner and ally stabbing you in the back while simultaneously going fully fascist.

List would have been Russia, China and probably Iran, Afghanistan or some other state in that region

[u/MinnieShoof]

Italy:

1 - Russia

2 - No country

3 - U.S.

"After Russia, no country would dare step to us. ... but if there were a 3rd..."

[u/jscarry → u/MinnieShoof]

Nigerias is even funnier with "no country" as their number 1

[u/Parking_Banana_1624 → u/jscarry]

Makes sense, their biggest threat is the ISIS, which is neither Islamic, nor a state and it doesn't even exist in Iraq and Syria

[u/gayak328 → u/MinnieShoof]

No country are all the countries that break the spaghetti before cooking.

[u/thrillho145]

Nigeria chill af

[u/Brrdock → u/thrillho145]

True Chad. Wait no that's another country

[u/lskdgblskebt → u/thrillho145]

"I have no enemies"

[u/SaHighDuck]

percentage Poles saying Ukraine is the same as percentage of Poles who voted for grzegorz braun

Shocking!

[u/TheRealPeter226Hun → u/SaHighDuck]

Same goes on in Hungary - oh no what if Ukraine uses the weapons and turns on us!!4!!4!!4 (because that's such a realistic scenario, I swear these people also believe in Santa and the Easter Bunny)

[u/nilslorand → u/TheRealPeter226Hun]

also like, as if Putin wouldn't turn on them much more quickly lol

[u/TheRealPeter226Hun → u/nilslorand]

Yeah. I think one of my favourite arguments about the topic is them saying Putin is attacking Ukraine because Russia does not want to be close to NATO. So they attack a non-NATO country, try to occupy it and by that making themselves even more close to NATO

[u/onomatopeapoop → u/TheRealPeter226Hun]

That shit’s ridiculous. All they’ve done is convinced more countries around them to try to join NATO to be able to stand up to their aggression.

[u/adamgerd → u/onomatopeapoop]

Including Ukraine, before 2014 most Ukrainians did not want to join NATO, they preferred neutrality and just the EU. Russia has single handedly done more to strengthen pro NATO views in Ukraine than anyone else

[u/GrynaiTaip → u/adamgerd]

Sweden and Finland joined NATO because of it too. Putin more than doubled the length of russia's border with NATO.

[u/SunTzu- → u/GrynaiTaip]

Until Putin started sabre-rattling in Eastern Europe there was no chance Finland would have ever reached majority support for joining NATO. It had been a settled matter since the late 90's with only minority support for NATO from the right wing Kokoomus party.

[u/Zeirich → u/TheRealPeter226Hun]

What's also interesting is that Russia actually used to be fine with NATO. Moscow joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council in 1991, signed the Partnership for Peace in 1994, concluded the 1997 Founding Act, launched the NATO-Russia Council in 2002 and conducted joint peacekeeping in Bosnia/Kosovo, counter-terrorism drills, missile-defense studies and even Afghan transit through Russian territory – all while NATO had already expanded to Russia’s very borders.

Notably, on a press conference on 28 May 2002 NATO Summit, Putin was asked about Ukraine's intention to join NATO and answered that "our position on expansion of NATO is known, but Ukraine should not stand aside of the global processes to strengthen the world security and, as a sovereign country, it's able to make its own choices in ensuring its security". He also added he "doesn't see anything controversial or hostile" in Ukraine's plans" (Russia–NATO relations – Wikipedia).

[u/Medlarmarmaduke → u/TheRealPeter226Hun]

In the US we have a politically theory called the 27% crazy factor - meaning the most crazy thing can get 27 percent of the vote from conspiracy minded or misinformed Americans because that is their percentage of the voting population

Hungary looks like it’s modelling itself after the US in this regard

[u/Infusion1999 → u/Medlarmarmaduke]

Well, last year 49.8% voted for the most crazy thing soo..

[u/Hazzman → u/Infusion1999]

That's 49.8% of those who voted. It was only around 31% of eligible voters that voted for Trump though.

So pretty damn close to the 27 percent rule.

[u/BlackForrest28 → u/Hazzman]

No, count the non-voters also as crazy. They are effectivly saying "I'm OK with Trump if he gets elected".

[u/Careful-Set1485 → u/Hazzman]

÷/- 30% is such a magical number when it comes to political extremes.

In switzerland the populist right gained power and has held it for about 30 years, they peaked at around 30%.

[u/purplenyellowrose909 → u/SaHighDuck]

Evidence of a strong polling methodology from Pew

[u/Boreas_Linvail → u/SaHighDuck]

My grandmother, God bless her soul, would have said the same. I guess hailing from Poland's prewar eastern fringes does that to you. You know, sleeping with all belongings packed into your pillow by an open window to run into the fields at first noise. That kind of thing.

[u/Worried-Usual-396]

I thought in Hungary it's Soros, Brussels, LGBTQ, Ukraine, Peter Magyar.

[u/TheRealPeter226Hun → u/Worried-Usual-396]

Yeah but only Ukraine is a country, the rest are not countries.

[u/zkrooky → u/TheRealPeter226Hun]

Hamas is included and they're not a country.

[u/TheRealPeter226Hun → u/zkrooky]

A special case was given for Israel because saying Palestine would paint them in a bad color - am I surprised? Or maybe they already don't even recognize Palestine as a country. Which case is better honestly?

[u/eurocomments247 → u/TheRealPeter226Hun]

"A special case was given for Israel"

well that's new

[u/IrishMilo → u/TheRealPeter226Hun]

Also it would undermine their argument that Palestine isn’t a country.

[u/LightSideoftheForce → u/Worried-Usual-396]

The pedofidesz voters are now in the minority, so naturally those answers cannot be the top answers

[u/Termsandconditionsch → u/Worried-Usual-396]

It’s quite funny about Soros. The man is what, 93 years old and has given away so much money that he’s not a billionaire anymore. Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have more money and more influence than he does.

[u/Buriedpickle → u/Termsandconditionsch]

Orbán, our wannabe dictator studied abroad on Soros's money. The lack of a spine on these people is hilarious.

[u/TheTealMafia → u/Buriedpickle]

I'm so glad that the government's effort on blaming his son now, have not come to the same results as blaming Soros, so the line of hate finally fking halts there.

Next thing I wish would be that they stop with all the bs propaganda billboards, on top of it.. seen enough of those for a lifetime.

[u/TitanDarwin → u/Termsandconditionsch]

Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez have more money and more influence than he does.

You know why right-wingers like Orban obsess over Soros so much.

[u/MasterChiefOriginal → u/TitanDarwin]

He is Jewish?

[u/ProfessionalDeer7972 → u/MasterChiefOriginal]

Precisely, he's also an anti-fascist and funds democratic NGOs

[u/MonsieurCellophane]

UK putting US as 2nd threat is pretty striking.

[u/No_Pianist_4407 → u/MonsieurCellophane]

I don't think the US would ever invade us or would launch military action towards us, but they definitely have the ability to bend us over the barrel in a lot of ways.

Our military would be fucked if we couldn't rely on US logistics, we collaborate really closely with the US on intelligence too.

The US is a 'threat' to us in that if they are no longer a trustworthy partner in past agreements they effectively leave us blind and defenceless on the world stage.

[u/[deleted] → u/MonsieurCellophane]

Russia could never invade the UK, but the US could. It also makes sense that Spain, who like the UK are quite far removed from Russia geographically, are worried about the US. I would have liked to see the figures for Denmark, as the Danes would likely put the US first. Russia are still Europe's main threat overall though.

[u/Swj3N → u/[deleted]]

As a Dane I’m confident that Russia is viewed as the biggest threat here. Then probably the US second and China third

[u/prallhans]

Hungarians: Ukraine at Spot 2. You can see who is in control of a large part of consumed News.

[u/No_Technician_4709]

Ah I love how Turks on social media are completely different than Turks irl

[u/Independent-Band8412 → u/No_Technician_4709]

It's funny when people base their entire opinions off reddit comments like it s a reliable and representative source of info 

[u/Particular_Bug0 → u/Independent-Band8412]

Flashback to 2023 when this sub was shocked to see Erdogan win the elections despites "every Turk I spoke on reddit was against him"

[u/Aynshtaynn → u/Particular_Bug0]

Well, Turks IRL, at least more than half of the population are also against him. But Erdoğan rigged the elections and his main opposition was recently revealed to have been working for him all along (which honestly isn't even surprising looking back, there were some people thinking that back then).

[u/Winjin → u/Particular_Bug0]

I mean it was the same during US election

It made me believe as an outsider that Harris will win in a landslide

And then Reddit was really really quiet for a day

[u/ItchySnitch → u/Particular_Bug0]

Basically everybody under age of 40 hates Erdoğan, and those people just happen to be the ones who are on the internet. Boomer Turks, who still make up the majority of voters until they die off, aren't hanging out on social media

[u/kawag → u/No_Technician_4709]

Turks: I don’t even think about you at all

[u/[deleted]]

Wonder what this looked like 9 months ago.

[u/[deleted]]

It’s just so lovely to see how our allies now view us as a threat! I hate trump

[u/Weak_Elderberry17 → u/[deleted]]

Can you blame them? Americans voted for Trump twice...

[u/[deleted] → u/Weak_Elderberry17]

No I don’t blame them at all.

[u/thorkun → u/[deleted]]

Yeah how anyone can look at that guy and think "yep, that's a perfect pick for president" is beyond me. I had some discussions with some acquaintances of a friend the first time around and they were like "I like him because I don't understand why people hate him so much".

It's like, are you blind?

[u/Azhz96 → u/Weak_Elderberry17]

Yup it's no longer just about their politicians or organisations, the people voted for this.

First time is forgivable, every country vote for bad candidates every now and then, but to vote for Trump to be president twice despite everything showed the world that this is who America is.

[u/Commander_Random → u/Weak_Elderberry17]

I'm almost convinced Trump stole the election, worst part is even if proven in court, nothing will happen nor can it undo the damage they did.

[u/sudolinguist → u/[deleted]]

Everyone without exception is getting used to being treated like South American countries always were. Threats, interventions, spying, meddling, tariffs, expulsions...

[u/modianoyyo → u/sudolinguist]

the monroe doctrine expanded. america's sphere of influence extended to europe through nato.

but nobody wants to have that conversation.

only the spanish are smart enough to know what's up.

[u/Adrian_Campos26 → u/modianoyyo]

We had our prime minister killed in 73, and the US have been funding terrorism in our country until recently.

[u/Aniria_ → u/[deleted]]

Even when (I mean at this point it's an if) trump leaves, that view will still remain

Trump has exposed that the US has some real problem with its form of democracy, where a fascist can so easily control such levels of power with no checks in place. A nation with such an ability to host large levels of political instability, can't be trusted

The next election will show if even processes like election are safe from a tyrant

[u/ThatOneArcanine → u/[deleted]]

American foreign policy has always been reckless. Trump is crazy, yes, but the concern about American international action is not one born from his administration in particular.

[u/bxzidff → u/ThatOneArcanine]

The Canadian statistic certainly is

[u/RamboMamboJambo → u/[deleted]]

If there wasn’t a war going on in East Europe, US would be Number 1 across the whole EU.

[u/Crashed_teapot → u/RamboMamboJambo]

Nah, I think several East European countries would still pick Russia.

[u/fatguy19 → u/Crashed_teapot]

If France, Germany and the UK have the US as their 2nd largest threat, then something has gone wrong.

[u/Crashed_teapot → u/fatguy19]

Sure, but it doesn’t change that for countries like Poland and the Baltic countries, Russia would be considered a greater threat regardless.

[u/andar1on → u/[deleted]]

Well people basically think that Americans are stupid with great army so who knows what US will do tomorrow

[u/Agnimandur → u/[deleted]]

The US doesn't have allies. Only "strategic partners".

[u/Atvaaa → u/[deleted]]

italy, turkey and greece actually. And we only learned that thanks to a fuck up of italian politicians. This is the reason why the left is a shell of its past in mediterranean NATO countries.

[u/ShEsHy → u/Atvaaa]

This is the reason why the left is a shell of its past in mediterranean NATO countries.

Not just Mediterranean, but all across Europe. There are no significant economically left-wing parties left, it's all just US-style liberals now.

[u/Competitive_Waltz704]

Spain/Argentina/Brazil/Mexico - USA

Hermanos, mucho honor

[u/mabaezd → u/Competitive_Waltz704]

No olvidar la Madre Patria.

[u/flashmedallion → u/Competitive_Waltz704]

I guess Spain is the line for how far west of Russia you have to be to be more worried about their asset in the White House than the country itself.

[u/ISAIDFULLPOWER]

My country of Denmark is not on here. Guess our biggest threat is being forgettable…

[u/xzanfr → u/ISAIDFULLPOWER]

The greatest threats to Denmark are Spyrius and Blacktron.

[u/tobias_681 → u/ISAIDFULLPOWER]

Probably similar answer as Sweden but US is higher due to Greenland. I'd put the US first personally.

[u/thegerams]

WTF Hungarians really thinking Ukraine is a threat?

[u/fractalxx → u/thegerams]

There's been some recent propaganda about a church being set on fire in Ukraine (in a region where a lot of Hungarians live) and some writing on the wall stating "put Hungarians at the knifepoint" (literal translation), and framing Ukrainians for it (of course by the government).

The fire and the writing was real, however anyone well informed will know it's a false flag action (e.g. the fact that the first media that reported it was a propaganda page, and according to the pictures, the start of the fire was recent, just before the pictures were taken... also the fact that the Ukrainian writing seemed incorrect).

Problem is that roughly half of the population is NOT well informed and does not even consume media other than the government's (and Facebook).

Another propaganda topic: according to them, a Hungarian living there was "beaten to death" by Ukrainian conscription officers. This one is pretty chaotic as far as evidence goes (the person died and did have injuries but they still didn't prove it was done by them, so... and even the videos showing him were conflicting at some point).

And all this just to throw dirt on the current opposition because they can't seem to get a grip on them.

[u/DasistMamba]

Next page

"Among those who say U.S. is their country’s greatest threat, it is seen mostly as a threat to their economy

Russia seen as a greater threat to national security than economy"

[u/Flimsy-Printer → u/DasistMamba]

People are just gonna ignore this.

[u/FliccC]

The biggest threat to the EU are Russia, the USA and European Neofascists.

[u/LeoTheBurgundian → u/FliccC]

So Russia , the USA and the guys backed by the USA and Russia

[u/[deleted]]

22% of Americans not being able to name any country isn’t surprising to me to be honest

[u/Not_Cleaver → u/[deleted]]

I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have maps and I believe that our education, like, such as, South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future. For

Edit: This is a blast from the past and is indicative of the average American’s education. I don’t normally type this incoherently unless I’m completely drunk.

[u/BudSpencer1714 → u/Not_Cleaver]

I got a stroke man

[u/MeggaMortY → u/Not_Cleaver]

Even if I'm gobsmacked drunk I'd probably realize this is going nowhere and just stop talking.

[u/TheEschatonSucks → u/Not_Cleaver]

I remember and as such and so on as well for the future USA!

[u/Fuckaliscious12 → u/Not_Cleaver]

I get this reference.

[u/Enough_Grapefruit69 → u/[deleted]]

This chart is really not that hard to read. "Don't know/refused" doesn't mean that they are unaware of other countries in general. It just means that they either do not view the other countries as threats (because, realistically speaking, there are not too many legitimate threats to the USA), or they refused to answer. Smugly making it out to be anything else just makes it seem like some people need to work on reading comprehension.

[u/GandalfTheSexay → u/[deleted]]

“Or refused to answer”

[u/Enough_Grapefruit69 → u/GandalfTheSexay]

Not everyone has attained basic reading comprehension.

[u/jkoki088 → u/[deleted]]

What if those percent refuse to believe any country is actually a threat? That’s why I take it as other than, “oh I don’t know, I really don’t know who to answer could be a threat “

[u/Esmarial]

Ukraine never attempted to invade or conquer anyone, yet some tankies see us as a threat 🤦🏻‍♂️.

[u/Wide-Annual-4858 → u/Esmarial]

In Hungary, that's solely a result of Viktor Orban's state-wide propaganda against Ukraine.

[u/Esmarial → u/Wide-Annual-4858]

I understand. But people should think themselves also. Plus Poland...

[u/Ferni0817 → u/Esmarial]

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fmint-k%25C3%25A9t-toj%25C3%25A1s-plak%25C3%25A1tkamp%25C3%25A1ny-v0-ji1zf7hxvfaf1.jpg%3Fwidth%3D1080%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3De509f33c3284002985f13ac682d897dfd6db4798

We have countrywide propaganda rn.

"Just like two eggs Zelenszkij and hungarian Zelenskij", thats what is said.

Magyar is the biggest opposition of Orbán currently...

So yeah, it's braindead propaganda and it's working....

Because it's sooo bad to be somebody who want to save his country lol

[u/Palutzel → u/Esmarial]

The 27% from Hungary is absolutely sick. These are brainwashed people, there is no other explanation. The problem is that even in Romania, there might be a similar response. Russian propaganda absolutely works.

[u/onomatopeapoop → u/Esmarial]

I don’t think it’s mostly tankies in this case. It’s fascists chugging RT bullshit. And ya a few tankies doing the same.

[u/GHhost25 → u/Esmarial]

Ukraine is a threat to russian imperialism

[u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

Poland still has ww2 trauma

[u/hellsing0712 → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

It's hard to heal it when politicians from all the spectrum are constantly using it to win the votes of a certain % of the population. 

[u/Educational-Cry-1707 → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

Poland was occupied by Russia (among others) for many decades before WWI as well. It goes deeper than just WWII. Three countries literally erased it from the map in the 18th century. Then those same countries did it again in WWII. Then they were oppressed by Russians for 45 years. It would be a miracle if the result didn’t look this way.

[u/docfarnsworth → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

I mean, they lost almost a fifth of their population. It wasnt fun times.

[u/maciek127622 → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

Last Russian army force withdrawed from Poland in 1993

[u/Right-Influence617 → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

The Soviet Union, as well.

Well, considering that GRU and SVR have been causing chaos in Poland, recently. And Russia has been staging both Mechanized and Light Infantry along the Poland-Belarus border; a certain degree of caution is necessary.

[u/EstablishmentLow2312 → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

Yup, they haven't recovered from the damage either, they were once one of the richest countries in Europe with tons of academics. Then the fire nation came from both sides.

Russia can start by handing over the gold they stole 

[u/kuba_mar → u/LittleFairyOfDeath]

Well also pre WW1 trauma

[u/Goodguy1066]

17% of Indonesians believe Israel is their number one threat?

I don’t think Israelis know where Indonesia is!

[u/redmedev2310 → u/Goodguy1066]

Islamic country that hates Israel. Nothing new

[u/knit_on_my_face → u/Goodguy1066]

Islamic country

[u/bxzidff]

I feel for Canada, especially as many Americans seem to mock their concern. Russia has always been an asshole, but imagine getting stabbed in the back my hundreds of millions of your allied neighbors like that?

[u/PM_WORST_FART_STORY → u/bxzidff]

I think prior to Trump's absurd demands to acquire Canada, most Americans didn't really comprehend how much of what Canada does is primarily to protect itself, economically AND culturally. 

Their sole neighbor has 10 times the population and exports lots of their soft power to Canada. 

[u/Sopel97]

If I were in the US I would say US

[u/OkKiwi_]

Greece - Turkey is a bit one-sided, according to this chart

[u/[deleted] → u/OkKiwi_]

Well obviously. Our presidents/PMs don't threaten them with invasions. Unlike Erdogan, every single day.

[u/Kebab_Child → u/[deleted]]

Mark my words, I will come one day suddenly and unannounced -for coffee and those mastic sweets of course

[u/[deleted] → u/Kebab_Child]

unannounced for coffee

well now i have to keep a stock of the good stuff at home 😩

[u/Bmbby → u/Kebab_Child]

Goodbye Chios, I guess, unless all their mastic trees burnt down in the recent fires already.

[u/bodhiquest → u/[deleted]]

He can't afford to make those threats every single day, otherwise it'll stop being one of the urgency cards that he plays when he needs a distraction. National TV channels like to air either anti-Greek propaganda ("They're afraid of our new drones!") or "scary" news ("They have all these new planes now!") but it's always in small doses to rattle the pro-AKP electorate for a couple days and take their minds off something actually important.

I'm curious as to whether Greeks feel as if nobody would help them if Turkey decided to attack despite the whole "NATO allies going at war for no legitimate reason" thing, because that's precisely what the Turks who do feel that Greece is a threat are banking on: that there will be a backstabbing by the USA, and it will involve an attack by or from Greece.

[u/[deleted] → u/bodhiquest]

A lot of people here absolutely do feel that way. My parents have often brought up some incident that happened in 96 or 97 over a rock at sea and how Clinton pressured us to back off.

One thing I should say though is that nobody here actually wants to attack Turkiye. Even the people that are like KONSTANTINOPOLE IS GREEK bla bla wouldn't actually want for it to happen, if push came to shove. So at least those people you mentioned are banking on nothing 😩

PS: its not every day but its so often it might as well be.

[u/smiley_x → u/OkKiwi_]

Of course it isnt, why would Turkey be threatend by a country that is one tenth of its size.

[u/Lilitharising → u/smiley_x]

Nah, it's not as simple as that. Turkey is a massive country but 90% of our borders is water. We couldn't invade them and why would we ever want to anyway, but they can't invade us that easily either. So whilst we are not an actual threat, they are not as big a threat to us as most Greeks think either.

[u/Futuresperpetual]

As a Russian born American I think my feelings on the 2020s is crushing shame and guilt. Sorry we failed you.

[u/senan_orso → u/Futuresperpetual]

The sins of your origin are not yours.

[u/Futuresperpetual → u/senan_orso]

I know. That said, Europe didn’t provoke nor ask for war in Ukraine or tariffs from the US. There’s shame in knowing what could’ve been, instead of what is. It’s all so needless.

[u/senan_orso → u/Futuresperpetual]

Very true. It's hard to watch what's happening and how complacent so many of our countrymen are with what's going on. I wish you the best and luck in finding some peace amongst all this

[u/geoffm_aus]

As an Australian, I lol'ed at this. Either it's wildly immaculate or Australians are idiots. Our biggest threat is those penguins on Macquarie island!

[u/kevin_dg → u/geoffm_aus]

. How about Climate change

[u/Fabulous-Yellow8331]

Same sentiment in Cyprus as in Greece. Most people think indeed that Russia is an aggressor towards Ukraine, but we don’t see them as a direct threat to our country. Unlike Turkey which we do see as the no1 enemy and threat to our country.

[u/rick_gsp]

First time that US is considered the biggest threat in Brazil. Thanks Bolsonaro.

[u/HairyTough4489 → u/rick_gsp]

What other country could even remotely constitute a threat to Brazil?

[u/bolacha_de_polvilho → u/rick_gsp]

Anyone who has any knowledge of Brazilian history would put the US at number 1, and that has nothing to do with Trump or Bolsonaro. Perhaps before Trump/Bolsonaro the percentage of people answering US would be even higher since the alt right has brainwashed a large part of our population to be US boot lickers.

[u/MadCatMkV → u/rick_gsp]

US is Brazil's biggest threat since the 60s (that I can tell, it is probably even earlier than that), finally people noticed that

[u/prahasanam-boi]

Why did no one ask Chinese people ?

[u/Khety_Nebou_2 → u/prahasanam-boi]

I would say for China it’s 1) USA 2) India 3) Japan

[u/salca_ → u/Khety_Nebou_2]

some poll I saw on 小红书.

1) US 2) Russia 3) Japan

Can't seem to find that post again there so you'll have to trust me on this. 😅

[u/OedipusTong → u/Khety_Nebou_2]

India would not even break top 5 if you ask anyone in China

[u/SerBron → u/prahasanam-boi]

Yeah and they didn't ask Russians either, shame

[u/SkoomaAddicted_]

Nigeria : i have no enemies

[u/Hairy_Reindeer]

Based Nigeria. Confidence is sexy even in geopolitics.

[u/Tjonke]

1/3+ in the US would probably have answered their own country if they could.

[u/Nooo8ooooo]

Canadian here: I am not surprised the poll found the US to be the most commonly cited threat… but oh boy have things changed here quickly.

[u/Wonderful-Air-8877]

No way russia>morocco in spain

[u/ES_Legman → u/Wonderful-Air-8877]

You need to understand the politics between both countries especially in the XX century if that surprises you

[u/nobleskies]

70 years later and the USA and Russia are still terrorizing the rest of the planet. Great.

[u/1DarkStarryNight]

Source.

[u/LooniexToonie]

As a Canadian, I can confirm Canadas ratings 🇨🇦

[u/oldnr1]

Man, screw these polls, Romania has more population than Hungary, Grece, or Sweden, yet no one cares... I swear, I've seen Luxenbourg get polled on issues before Romania..

[u/malduan → u/oldnr1]

Is Romania where Rome is?

[u/oldnr1 → u/malduan]

Geographically, no. Spiritually,also no.

[u/Salt-Departure-6353 → u/oldnr1]

Romania does have direct historical connection w the Roman Empire no?

[u/Gebirges]

Poland saying Germany but what they really mean is Saxony.

[u/pisowiec → u/Gebirges]

Believe me, that 5% aren't scared of the AfD. 

[u/Lorian21 → u/Gebirges]

That’s really interesting. Why do you think so?

[u/BecauseOfGod123 → u/Lorian21]

I guess he wants to refer to the fact, that the backwards-faced-Nazis density is quite high there.

[u/FooBarBazQux123]

Wow Hungary, fearing Russia and yet feeling threatened by Ukraine because of all the Orban / Russian propaganda

[u/smoopy62]

We're #1!! We're #1!! We're #- oh wait.

[u/zdzislav_kozibroda]

The problem with this is that threat can mean many different things to those questioned.

It's just too vague. Meanwhile reading it we tend to jump into particular explanations.

[u/NY10]

Russia and U.S. most hated hahahaha

[u/diamantaire → u/NY10]

Add china to that on number 3

[u/[deleted]]

I'm SO proud of being Spanish.

[u/eggnogui]

The US being even at just second for Western countries should make every American cry in shame.

[u/Fed_Hedgehog → u/eggnogui]

It's actually crazy, the US was super respected during Obama's era. That feels like a completely different era and country now.