Gallopedia Highlights- Week # 92 Dated 1st-7th Nov. 09'

This week’s report consists of 21 surveys. Two of these surveys are multi-country surveys while the rest are national surveys.

ASIA zone-1 single country poll and 10 multi-country global polls covering:
Middle East and North Africa-Palestine, Iraq and Egypt
North Asia-China and South Korea
West Asia-Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey
South Asia-India and Indonesia

AFRICA zone-2 multi-country global polls covering:
West Africa-Nigeria
East Africa-Kenya

AMERICAS, EUROPE AND AUSTRALASIA zone-18 single country polls and 14 multi-country global polls covering:
East Europe-Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Ukraine, Lithuania, Czech Republic and Slovakia
West Europe-Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Denmark, France, Spain and UK
North America- U.S.A. and Canada
Latin America- Chile and Venezuela

Global Polls- 2 polls covering cross zonal segments of countries.

Subjects covered include:
Politics and Election
Energy issues
Governance
Social perception
Social issues

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The complete detailed weekly reports of the project can be found on theGilani Research Foundation website.

Prelude to Gallopedia Polls for Week # 92

Dated 1st-7th Nov. 09'

This week’s report consists of 21 surveys. Two of these surveys are multi-country while the rest are national surveys. A wide range of issues has been raised ranging from the war in Afghanistan, unrest in Palestine, political debates in U.S. to the various issues in Latin America and other regions.

This week the world in general and the Germans in particular marked the completion of second decade since the Berlin Wall fell. This provided pollsters the opportunity to revisit the publics’ perceptions about communism, Soviet Union and a resurging Russia. The improving economy, abundant energy resources, stable governments, popular leadership, and recent military adventure of Russia in South Ossetia suggest a trend towards resurgence. But how accurate is the notion? Do Russians really perceive themselves as a powerful nation? A recent Pew survey helps portray Russian sentiments and aspirations.

Nationalist sentiments are quite evident in Russians. About six in ten Russians were disappointed with the downfall of the Soviet Union. Compared to 1991, more than twice Russian respondents say that Russia is for Russians. Similarly, more Russians today than in 1991 say that it is natural for Russia to have an empire. This shows that as a nation they are feeling stronger than ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union and aspire to regain their lost status. Probably their intentions and aspirations are felt across Europe. None of the countries in either east or west Europe except Ukraine and Bulgaria have a positive view of Russian influence in world politics.

Is it possible for Russia to regain its previous status as one of the super power in the world? Can it surpass or equate U.S and China’s economic and military powers? Russian may be very optimistic, but ground realities are tough and harsh for Russia. Russia’s popularity as global power is quite negative in most of Europe. Moreover Russia’s main asset in its resurgence has been its energy reserves. Russia earned handsome foreign exchange with the hike in oil prices. Its intentions to exploit gas channels to Europe should not be overlooked. But this globalized world is quite complex and interdependent. How far can Russia exploit the energy market? If Europeans are dependent on Russian gas then Russians are also dependent on European market for selling its gas. Neither can exploit each other beyond a certain limit. So only economic power may give Russia a good status among Europeans but it can not use this alone as a mean for its resurgence.

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The complete detailed weekly reports of the project can be found on theGilani Research Foundation website.

Gallopedia Highlights- Week # 91 Dated 25th-31th Oct. 09'

This week’s report consists of 25 surveys. Two of these surveys are multi-country surveys while the rest are national surveys.

ASIA Zone- 4 single country polls
Middle East and North Africa- Palestine and Israel

EUROPE, AMERICAS AND AUSTRALASIA Zone- 17 single country polls and 16 multi-country global polls
East Europe- Armenia
West Europe- Netherlands, France, Switzerland, UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Malta, Slovenia, Iceland, Ireland, Cyprus and Luxembourg
North America- USA and Canada
Latin America- Chile and Hondurans
Australasia- New Zealand

Global Polls- 3 cross zonal segments of countries.

Subjects covered include:
Elections and Politics
Economics
Social issues
Social perception
Environmental issues
Health and medicine
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The complete detailed weekly reports of the project can be found on theGilani Research Foundation website.

Prelude to Gallopedia Polls for Week # 90

PRELUDE

This week’s report consists of 26 surveys. Two of these surveys are multi-country surveys while the rest are national surveys.

The recent An Najah university survey portrays a picture of Palestinians who are rather annoyed by Hamas. This shows that Hamas is losing supporters in both Gaza and West Bank. Palestinians are also skeptical of Arab nations and think that Arab nations are also causing hindrance in reconciliation between Fateh and Hamas. The continued political instability and rift between the two major political parties has somewhat demoralized the Palestinians. But it also shows that in the next elections Fateh is going to secure the majority in both West Bank and Gaza. Palestinians feel that Hamas is delaying the reconciliation and is taking some advantage out of this delayed reconciliation agreement. These finding reveal the perception of a leadership vacuum for the Palestinians. In the absence of any definite timelines the clear inclination is towards the resolution of the rift between the two parties.

Climate change and environmental concerns have become one of the foremost concerns that people share across the globe. Several efforts have been made by civil society organizations to generate awareness in order to combat this problem. The recent BSR conference also concluded that climate change is the top priority for business sustainability efforts for the next year. The history of environmental politics also shows that U.S. has always lagged behind in combating this concern. The recent Pew Research Center survey helps in understanding U.S. policies in this regard.

In an opposing trend within the US there has been a sharp decline in the number of respondents who believe that earth is warming up. Only 57 % of Americans believe that there is solid evidence that earth is warming up, down from 71 % in the year 2008. Similarly there has also been decline in the number of respondents who think climate change is a serious problem. This decline has been across the American political spectrum with more visible sharp downward trends in independents. Nevertheless, a majority of Americans support policies that limit the emission of harmful gases. This shows that American people are still not very clear about the issue of environmental change rather they have mixed views. But keeping in view the fact that U.S. is the largest industrial state these mixed views are quite disappointing, since it depicts a low level of awareness among the American people. While people in most of other countries are highly supportive of policies to deal with environmental concerns, Americans scene in this respect seem to be either of indifference or ignorance.

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The complete detailed weekly reports of the project can be found on theGilani Research Foundation website.

Gallopedia Highlights- Week # 90 Dated 18th-24th Oct. 09'

This week we have gathered 26 surveys world-wide distributed as follows:

ASIA zone- 3 single country polls covering:
Middle East and North Africa- Palestine
East Asia- Malaysia

AFRICA zone- 1 single country poll covering:
South Africa- South Africa

AMERICAS, EUROPE and AUSTRALASIA zone- 20 single country polls and 9 multi-country global polls covering:
West Europe- UK, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, Spain and Italy
East Europe- Romania, Slovenia, Cyprus, Russia and Poland
North America- USA and Canada
Latin America- Peru, Uruguay and Honduras

Global Polls- 2 polls covering cross zonal segments of countries.

Subjects covered:
Politics and elections
Social issues
Social perception
Governance
Environmental issues

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The complete detailed weekly reports of the project can be found on theGilani Research Foundation website.