Is the US a force for good in the world?

Despite serious failures, its democratic alliances, aid, innovation, and security role have broadly done more good than harm.

Despite real failures, US-led security guarantees, aid, and open markets have underwritten decades of global stability and prosperity that few alternatives could match.

The United States' global influence is viewed positively by some for supporting democracy and providing aid, and negatively by others for its military interventions and unilateral policies.