Program on International Policy Attitudes

The Program on International Policy Attitudes is a joint program by the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA) and the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM).. Its stated purpose on the organisation's website is to study public opinion on international issues.

Among other studies, PIPA released a study in October 2003 showing how viewers of the US Media (and in, particular, Fox News), seem to hold misperceptions about American foreign policy.

Research Projects

 * The Role of the United States in the World
 * The United Nations
 * UN Peacekeeping
 * Foreign Aid
 * The International Monetary Fund
 * US Defense Spending
 * US Involvement in Kosovo, Bosnia, Haiti and Somalia
 * Global Warming
 * NATO Expansion
 * Transatlantic Issues
 * European Unification

Foundation Sponsors

 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund
 * Tides Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * German Marshall Fund of the United States
 * Compton Foundation
 * Carnegie Corporation
 * Benton Foundation
 * Ben and Jerry's Foundation
 * Americans Talk Issues Foundation
 * Circle Foundation

Board of Advisors

 * IM Destler - University of Maryland
 * Anthony Lake - Georgetown University
 * Gloria Duffy - Commonwealth Club
 * Benjamin Page - Northwestern University
 * William Frenzel - Brookings Institution
 * Robert Shapiro - Columbia University
 * Frederick Steeper - Market Strategies
 * Alan Kay - Americans Talk Issues Foundation
 * Daniel Yankelovich - Public Agenda Foundation
 * Catherine Kelleher - US Naval War College

Personnel

 * Steven Kull, Director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) and the Center on Policy Attitudes (COPA)
 * I.M. Destler, former director of CISSM and chair of PIPA's Board of Advisors
 * Clay Ramsay, COPA Research Director and CISSM fellow
 * Stephen J. Weber, Chief Operating Officer of the Center on Policy Attitudes
 * Mary Speck, Managing Editor at PIPA
 * Evan Scot Lewis, Research Associate at PIPA
 * Melinda Brouwer, Research and Communications Assistant at PIPA
 * Melanie Ciolek, Research Assistant
 * Abe Medoff, Research and Administrative Assistant

PIPA Website links

 * Publications
 * Studies of US Opinion
 * Studies of Global Opinion
 * World Public Opinion

Contact
WorldPublicOpinion.org Program on International Policy Attitudes 1779 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 510 Washington, DC 20036 Phone:(202) 232-7500 Fax:(202) 232-1159 Email: info AT pipa.org Website: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/