Council on Foreign Relations 96d ago

“If you follow trust from like East to West, you can march right down and look at emerging economies that are either autocracies or nonelected officials all the way through Western democracy, and Western democracy is at the bottom of trust,” says Aaron Guiterman, chair of U.S. government and public affairs at Edelman, while discussing the results of the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer. Watch the full conversation: https://www.cfr.org/event/reading-public-american-attitudes-toward-us-foreign-policy Subscribe to our channel: https://goo.gl/WCYsH7 This work represents the views and opinions solely of the author. The Council on Foreign Relations is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher, and takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. Visit the CFR website: http://www.cfr.org Follow CFR on X: http://www.twitter.com/cfr_org Follow CFR on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/councilonforeignrelations/