World Sees USA as Biggest Threat, Prefers China

Ben Norton / Geopolitical Economy Report

(May 31, 2026) — A comprehensive global survey found that people in most countries see the United States as the biggest threat to the world, and they prefer China over the US.

Ben Norton analyzes the results of the Democracy Perception Index.

Topics
• 0:00 Shifting global political order

• 1:35 Democracy Perception Index
• 3:08 USA is biggest threat to world
• 4:25 US military bases unpopular
• 5:36 Negative perception of USA
• 6:25 China more popular than US
• 8:07 US war against Iran
• 9:06 Israel-Palestine
• 9:40 Ukraine war
• 10:14 Taiwan
• 11:14 Greenland
• 11:54 Countries progressing
• 13:15 Democracy
• 17:33 USA is an oligarchy
• 20:20 End of end of history
• 21:15 Outro