Feelings towards other nations

To put Australia’s foreign policy in context, every Lowy Institute Poll since 2005 has included our annual ‘feelings thermometer’. On a scale of 0° in temperature (coldest feelings) to 100° (warmest feelings), the thermometer measures Australians’ feelings towards a range of countries and territories in our region and further abroad that have played a prominent role in world events during the year. A limited sample of countries are included each year, and most countries and territories are rotated in and out of the sample.