KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 -- The United States has suffered its sharpest reputational decline in Malaysia since the onset of the Palestine crisis, according to a new Ipsos survey tracking global attitudes toward the US-Iran conflict.

In the poll conducted between March 20 and April 3 this year, Malaysia recorded a 16-percentage-point drop in positive views of the United States, the steepest fall among the Southeast Asian nations surveyed.

Only 34 per cent of Malaysians now view the US as having an overall positive influence on world affairs over the next decade.

By contrast, China's positive influence rating stands at 83 per cent in Malaysia - the highest of any country surveyed and up seven percentage points from October 2025.

Iran's reput...