October | 2016 | Watching America

Chile: Cyber War

Tom Walker - October 31, 2016. Published in El mercurio

The dilemma is what retaliatory measures the U.S. should take to avoid escalating this action into a major conflict

Brazil: One Step Closer to the White House, Hillary Wins the Last Debate

Robin Koerner - October 31, 2016. Published in HuffPost Brasil

There is no doubt that Hillary came out of this debate victorious, just as she did in the last two.

Brazil: What Hillary Clinton’s Past Tells Us About Her Future

Robin Koerner - October 31, 2016. Published in Veja

Switzerland: The Challenges That Await Hillary Clinton

Robin Koerner - October 31, 2016. Published in Le Temps

Italy: US Election: Last Clinton-Trump Debate Can Almost Be Called a Brawl

Robin Koerner - October 31, 2016. Published in La Repubblica

Colombia: He’ll Accept (If He Wins)

Robin Koerner - October 31, 2016. Published in El Espectador

The most important thing to come up, which remains a worrying conclusion of Wednesday night’s interchange, is the sword of Damocles unsheathed by the Republican candidate: For the first time, the suitability of the electoral system has been put into doubt when Trump insinuated the possibility of fraud even before the election and therefore promised to not accept the result until he knows what happened.

Lebanon: China Continues to Undermine the Obama Doctrine, This Time in Syria

Robin Koerner - October 30, 2016. Published in As-Safir

It is not possible to describe the trajectory of China’s rise in recent years as anything but meteoric.

Mexico: Hasty Decision

Robin Koerner - October 29, 2016. Published in Excélsior

Trump is not only misogynistic and racist, a protectionist convinced that everything can be resolved by force, he is also the incarnation of how a political failure can turn into a business.

Algeria: Electoral Fraud in the US?

Robin Koerner - October 29, 2016. Published in L'Expression

China: The Seemingly Waning Advantages of American-Style Elections

Robin Koerner - October 28, 2016. Published in Huanqiu

Italy: The Value of Democracy Is at Stake in the Duel Between Trump and Hillary

Robin Koerner - October 28, 2016. Published in l'Espresso

The debate ... is between a candidate who is insincere (if the materials published by WikiLeaks are to be believed), sometimes robotic, if one wills, but fundamentally fair; and an aspiring dictator.

Portugal: The Zero Degree of Democracy

Jane Dorwart - October 28, 2016. Published in Publico

It is the disarray of globalization, with its unsustainable imbalances, that favored the emergence of a Putin — or a Trump.

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