Who Americans Consider Their Allies, Friends & Enemies

Map created by reddit user ShilohShay

The map above shows which countries Americans consider their allies and friends and those they consider unfriendly or even their enemy.

The data is based off a YouGov poll conducted between January 28 – February 1, 2017, which asked 7,150 adults living in the United States the question:

“Do you consider the countries listed below to be a friend or an enemy of the United States?”

Reddit user ShilohShay explains that:

For the purpose of extrapolating more interesting data from the poll, I only added a country to “Don’t Know” in this map if 50% or more of Americans picked that option. Otherwise I went with the plurality opinion.

Top 10 US Allies were:

1. Canada
2. Australia
3. UK
4. France
5. Italy
6. Ireland
7. Israel
8. Norway
9. Sweden
10. Germany

Top 10 US Enemies were:

1. North Korea
2. Iran
3. Syria
4. Iraq
5. Afghanistan
6. Russia
7. Libya
8. Somalia
9. Pakistan
10. Palestine

While many of the enemies are the ones you’d expect, only 11% of Americans consider China their enemy and just 9% consider Cuba their enemy.

Want to read more on America’s allies and enemies? Then have a look at the following books:

• The Unquiet Frontier: Rising Rivals, Vulnerable Allies, and the Crisis of American Power
• A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
• America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History
• The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism
• Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War

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