Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 02/2010

Polling Saudis and Egyptians: Iran, Jihad, and the Economy

David Pollock

December 2009

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

New data from credible private polls of the Egyptian and the urban Saudi public show strikingly high levels of support -- especially among Saudis -- for tough action against Iran's nuclear program. At the same time, these findings demonstrate clearly that economic concerns, rather than foreign policy or domestic political issues, dominate the popular agenda in both countries.