In a new survey from @gmfus, it shows that respondents are cautious about potential actions when #China invaded #Taiwan: support for diplomatic initiatives and sanctions is high, but there is little to no appetite for sending arms or troops. gmfus.org/news/transatla…
Pluralities in France, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Spain, Türkiye, and the United States say they want their country to only take diplomatic steps should China invade Taiwan.
By contrast, pluralities in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom say they want their country to join others in imposing sanctions against China.
Across the 14 countries surveyed, 35% of respondents support only diplomatic measures and 32% joint economic sanctions while very few support sending arms (4%) or troops (2%) to Taiwan. And 12% want their country to take no action.
The clearest preferences for an exclusively diplomatic response to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan are from Romanian and Turkish respondents (45%), followed by Italian (44%) and Lithuanian and Portuguese (both 38%) ones.
The strongest support for imposing joint sanctions is in Portugal (40%) and Canada, Germany, and Sweden (each 39%). There is a gender gap in many European countries.
Overall, there is very little appetite for involvement beyond diplomatic measures and sanctions. The share of respondents who want their country to send arms or troops to Taiwan is highest in the United States, but it is small (8% and 7% respectively).
Support for these measures is also very low among the United States’ closest allies in Europe: in the United Kingdom (5% and 3%) and France (3% and 2%).
In other countries, less than 5% of respondents support the deployment of troops, with the lowest shares of between 1% and 2% in Italy, Poland, Türkiye, Spain, Romania, and Lithuania. Sending arms does not have much more support, ..
... with the highest backing for this (5%) in Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
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