All of the world is saying “Hello Barack”, and “Goodbye George”, and thankfully, Michelle’s inauguration dress, lovely as it was, doesn’t get much play…
Navbharat Times, India
India Too Needs An ‘Obama’
Students believe that now America will progress more than ever before. They also believe that now even India’s command should be handed over to a younger leader, so that even we can progress much faster.
Al-Ahram, Egypt
Obama Faces The Gaza Crisis
Nawai Waqt, Pakistan
American Mission More Complicated in Afghanisthan Than in Iraq
Iraqi News Agency, Iraq
Americans Throw Shoes to Say Good-bye
Oriental Morning Post, China
Obama’s Ambition Is Greater Than His Ideology
Akhbar El Youm, Egypt
Bush Refuses to Acknowledge His Crimes
Al-balad, Lebanon
George W. Bush and History
La Prensa, Honduras
New Era in the United States
Die Zeit, Germany
The Age of Stupidity is Over
America’s cultural war isn’t over yet by a long shot, but a conservative constant in the debate, namely the ideologically coded leftovers of racism, have lost political effectiveness with Obama’s election.
Le Monde, France
The Last Black President
With this new attitude, future generations will view Obama not as the first black president, but ultimately as the 44th president in American history.
Le Figaro, France
Obama and Europe
Últimas Noticias, Venezuela
Obama Now Assumes The Presidency
La Republica, Peru
Obama’s Four Phantoms
Le Monde, France
A Bouquet for Barack Obama
Alquds Alarabi, U.K.
A Letter to Barack Obama from a Palestinian Citizen
The Hindustan Times, India
Different Race, Same Goal
The Korean Times, South Korea
Rebirth of America
The News, Pakistan
Oil, Obama and Pakistan
Publicly, America’s most immediate challenges after the government change are Afghanistan and Pakistan. Privately, in Washington’s power corridors, it is oil.
The Manila Times, The Philippines
A New World Political Order, Perhaps?
The Nation, Pakistan
Unfavorable for the U.S.
The News, Pakistan
Will Obama’s Vision Translate Into Policy Change?
The Manila Times, The Philippines
Remaking America Begins
The Manila Times, The Philippines
Hope and Virtue
Above all, the America of the Filipino is that dreamt-of-country that we wish the Philippines would be.
The China Post, Taiwan
Obama Is Also Asia’s Hope
The Telegraph, U.K.
Inauguration: Reaction from the World’s Media
The Times, U.K.
A Hard Day’s Night for Barack and Michelle
Guardian Unlimited, U.K.
Obama Stops U.S. Digging Deeper
The Independent, U.K.
The World Hangs on a U.S. Renaissance
The Moscow Times, Russia
Russia Asks Obama for Change
Robin Koerner is a British-born citizen of the USA, who currently serves as Academic Dean of the John Locke Institute. He holds graduate degrees in both Physics and the Philosophy of Science from the University of Cambridge (U.K.). He is also the founder of WatchingAmerica.com, an organization of over 100 volunteers that translates and posts in English views about the USA from all over the world.
Robin may be best known for having coined the term “Blue Republican” to refer to liberals and independents who joined the GOP to support Ron Paul’s bid for the presidency in 2012 (and, in so doing, launching the largest coalition that existed for that candidate).
Robin’s current work as a trainer and a consultant, and his book If You Can Keep It , focus on overcoming distrust and bridging ideological division to improve politics and lives. His current project, Humilitarian, promotes humility and civility as a basis for improved political discourse and outcomes.