WatchingAmerica.com is posting global reaction to Obama’s victory.
Since last night, dozens more articles have been posted. Here are a few.
Corriere della Sera, Italy
Dream and Reality
De Volkskrant, Netherlands
Obama Can’t Save the World
Algemeen Dagblad, Netherlands
Bush Can Do Anything He Wants
Nu.nl, The Netherlands
Will We Miss Bush?
(Surely, the world’s most rhetorical “rhetorical question”)
Europe will have start thinking seriously about its relationship with the U.S. That offers great opportunities, but asks for sacrifices as well.
Le Soir, Belgium
Barack Obama: “It’s Our Time”
The victory that every poll predicted, but nobody dared to announce, took on the aspect of a tsunami.
Aftenposten, Norway
Stoltenberg Congratulates Obama
France-Soir, France
Barack Obama, Rebirth of the American Dream
A glimmer of hope seems to have emerged on the other side of the Atlantic.
L’Orient-Le Jour, Lebanon
Colors of Stars
Pravda, Russia
Welcome Back Friends!
Yet in choosing Obama, the people of America have opted to come back into the international fold. Welcome back, friends!
Daily Nation, Kenya
Kenya: A Holiday, Song and Dance For Obama
The Times of India, India
What Obama’s Win Means for India
China Daily, China
We Wish Obama Well
Mail & Guardian, South Africa
Australia’s Response to the U.S. Election
Asia Times, Hong Kong
Kim Could Make Obama Flinch
Experts in East Asia are raising serious concerns about the adverse effects of the next US administration’s possible conciliatory approach against North Korea on regional security.
The Sophia Echo, Bulgaria
A ‘Dear John’ Letter to Sarah Palin
I know that perhaps now you are feeling some sense of rejection. Or at least, most of us hope that you are.
Financial Times, U.K.
Obama’s Brilliant Campaign
Financial Times, U.K.
Short Honeymoon for President-Elect
Visit WatchingAmerica.com for continued foreign press coverage of Obama’s victory, updated many times daily.
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.