When Pew Research Center has asked Americans about their views of various countries and international organizations, differences by age tend to be much larger for Republicans than for Democrats. In fact, younger Republicans’ views are sometimes closer to Democrats’ views than they are to those of older Republicans.

On some topics, age gaps within the GOP have been consistent over the last several years of our surveys. For example, older Republicans have consistently been more likely than younger Republicans to call Russia and China “enemies” of the United States, and to express more positive attitudes toward the Israeli government.

On other topics, gaps have more recently widened. For example, older Republicans have become less positive toward NATO over time, and younger Republicans have become more negative toward the Israeli people.

Here is how younger and older Republicans differ in their views of other countries and international organizations. Throughout this analysis, Republicans and Democrats include independents who lean toward each party.

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at age differences in Republicans’ foreign policy opinions.

Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. We have measured Americans’ foreign policy attitudes for decades. We did this analysis to better illustrate the relationship between partisanship and age in views of some foreign policy issues.

Learn more about Pew Research Center and our work on generations, age and politics.

All the findings in this analysis come from previous Center publications. Details about these publications, including methodological information and survey field dates, can be found at the links in the text.

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