미국의 주적은?

대한민국의 주적(main enemy of state)은 북한이라고 말하며 문재인 공격에 동참하는 안철수 후보를 보며

다른 나라들의 주적이 궁금해 졌습니다

"미국의 주적"인 나라들을 알아보겠습니다

트럼프 행정부덕분에 더욱 말도 탈도 많아진 미국은 이제 적이 더 많아지지 않을까 조심스럽게 예상해 봅니다

우리나라의 주적은 1950년 6.25이후 변하지 않았지요. 군대에 가면 남자들에게는 정확히 상기시켜준다고 합니다

미국은 내부적 외부적 테러리스트의 공격을 많이 받아 주적이 자주 바뀌고 있지만

미국 국민들이 뽑은 주적으로는 이라크 시리아 같은 국가가 아니라 북한이었습니다

미국의 전문 여론 조사 기관인 YouGov가 지난 1월 28일부터 2월 1일 미국에 사는 7,150명의 성인을 대상으로 세계 144개중 동맹국, 우호적, 비우호적, 적이라는 4개의 옵션을 주고 선택하게 했는데요, 미국인들은 북한을 제 1적으로 뽑았답니다

최근까지 미국이 뽑은 주적은 ISIS 와 알카에다, 그리고 탈레반이었습니다 

작년 미국 갤렵 조사에서 이라크와 시리아에서 활동중인 ISIS 가 84%의 압도적인 비율로 미국의 최대 주적에 올라 존재감을 알렸습니다

215년만 해도 북한은 64%로 4위에 올랐습니다. 물론 국가중에는 이란의 핵무기 개발에 이어 3위입니다

2017년 시행된 갤럽 조사에서는 이란, 시리아보다도 훨씬 높은 점수를 받았네요. 북한과 미국의 긴장관계, 전략적 인내심의 한계가 드러났음을 밝히는 등 강경한 발언, 북한의 끊임없는 미사일 발사 실험이 그 이유일 것입니다. 이것은 지난 1월 트럼프 대통령의 취임후, 공식적으로 북한을 미국을 위협하는 최대 외부세력으로 지정하고 선제타격까지 고려한다는 발언을 했기 때문이 아닐까 생각합니다. 

놀라운 것은 미국의 성인 남녀들이 대한민국도 주적으로 보는데 9%나 응답했다는 것입니다

베네수엘라와 쿠바와 같은 급이라니.. 놀랍습니다 

아마도 미국인들이 북한과 헷갈린게 아닌가 생각해봅니다. 진지하게...

이에 북한은 끊임없이 도발을 하고, 미국의 트럼프 행정부가 오바마 행정부와는 확싫이 다른 모습을 보여주고 있어, 한반도의 긴장이 더 심각한 수준이라는 것이 우려됩니다

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans are less likely than ever to agree on which country is the greatest enemy of the U.S., but the four countries that crowd the top of the list this year are the same as in Gallup polls in 2014 and 2015: North Korea (16%), Russia (15%), Iran (14%) and China (12%).

N. Korea, Russia, Iran, China Rotate Top Spots on "Greatest Enemy" List -- 2014, 2015, 2016 

Americans are continuing last year's trend of identifying a wide array of entities -- including, for the second year in a row, the Islamic State group -- as the United States' greatest enemy.

At least 5% of the public named one of six different entities -- five nations and the Islamic State group -- as the top threat.

The 16% total for North Korea is the lowest percentage for any country listed as the top threat since Gallup began asking the question. Russia's 18% last year had been the lowest, and China's 20% two years ago was the lowest before that. (The country named by the highest percentage of Americans since 2001 is Iraq, which accounted for 38% of the responses in 2001.)

Though the responses are more dispersed, there is continuity at the top. North Korea, Iran and China have consistently ranked high on the list of enemies, dating back to 2005. Americans have not as consistently regarded Russia as the greatest U.S. enemy, but that nation led the list last year.

Majorities Dislike All Four, but Make Clear Distinctions

Gallup's February World Affairs survey features two other updates on Americans' views of foreign countries: favorability ratings and the perceived economic and military threat that a country poses. A majority of Americans view each of the four countries at the top of the "greatest enemy" list unfavorably. Majorities also see each of the four as threatening the U.S. through military power, economic power or the development of nuclear weapons.

But the basic ratings of the countries are not monolithic. Americans are more than five times as likely to have a favorable opinion of China (44%) as to have one of North Korea (8%).

Favorability Trends for the Four Countries Americans Rate as "Greatest U.S. Enemies" in 2016

Likewise, they are almost twice as likely to consider the development of nuclear weapons by Iran (75%) as a "critical" threat as they are to see Russia's military power (39%) that way.

Here's a closer look at the four:

North Korea: The nation named most often as the greatest U.S. enemy this year also has the most unfavorable rating of the 21 countries and territories rated -- and has had the lowest rating for three straight years. A majority of U.S. adults (58%) regard its military power as a "critical" threat.

Russia: Only four years ago, half of the American public viewed Russia favorably, and only 2% viewed it as the United States' greatest enemy. But a series of events pitting the U.S. and Russia against each other has soured the relationship. Only 30% now have a favorable view of Russia, and 86% regard Russia's military power as either an important (47%) or a critical threat (39%).

Iran: Iran topped the "greatest enemy" list five straight times from 2006 to 2012. China moved ahead of it on the 2014 list, as the percentage naming Iran fell from 32% in 2012 to 16% in 2014. It shrank again to 9% in 2015 before the slight increase to 14% this year. Meanwhile, Americans are only slightly more likely to view Iran favorably now (14%) than they were in 2012 (10%), and 75% think the development of nuclear weapons by Iran constitutes a critical threat to the U.S.

China: A slim majority of Americans (52%) view China unfavorably, but 87% view its military power as an important or critical threat to the U.S.; 86% feel the same about China's economic power.

Bottom Line

Though no one country dominates Americans' thinking when they are asked to name the United States' greatest enemy, they most frequently mention North Korea, Russia, Iran and China, and all have ranked highly in recent years.

For the past two years, strong majorities of Americans have seen each of the four as threatening to the vital interests of the U.S. in some way -- the military power of Russia and North Korea, the military and the economic power of China and the threat of nuclear weapons for Iran.

With almost three-fourths (73%) of the public thinking all four nations are, at the least, an important threat to the U.S., the reason no single nation is thought of as the greatest enemy may not be because Americans see so few threats, but because they see so many.

Survey Methods

Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Feb. 3-7, 2016, on the Gallup U.S. Daily survey, with a random sample of 1,021 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. For results based on the total sample of national adults, the margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. All reported margins of sampling error include computed design effects for weighting.

Each sample of national adults includes a minimum quota of 60% cellphone respondents and 40% landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas by time zone within region. Landline and cellular telephone numbers are selected using random-digit-dial methods.

View survey methodology, complete question responses and trends.​