The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) is an institution devoted to research on the public opinion of international politics. It is jointly run by the Center on Policy Attitudes and the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland at the School of Public Affairs,

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. PIPA has investigated topics such as the public perceptions of

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international politics and of international organisations (

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, the

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, and the

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). It maintains the ''Americans and the World'' website, described as a "source of comprehensive information on US public opinion on international issues". In January 2006, PIPA launched WorldPublicOpinion.org, a comprehensive website devoted to public opinion on international policy and affairs, stating that while "Others report what the world does, we report what the world thinks." Sponsors include the

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and the

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.SponsorsProgram on International Policy Attitudes
.

References

External links

PIPA Official Site
(archived, site is offline)
Center for International and Security Studies

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the Univ ...

World Public Opinion Polling SiteAmericans and the World
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