Caliphal Ambitions: Perceptions of Foreign Leaders in the Middle East

• In Event: Authoritarianism and Democratic Erosion

Brief Overview

This study employs Gallup International World Leaders Rankings and Arab Barometer Surveys to test propositions about secular-Islamist cleavage, soft power, and political trust as drivers of public opinion toward foreign leaders in MENA.

Author

• Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University