2022 | Watching America

Japan: Large-Scale Change in Security: Credibility of Cabinet Decision on 3 Security Documents Should Be Questioned in the Election

Dorothy Phoenix - December 31, 2022. Published in Okinawa Times

Plans in anticipation of actual warfare, such as maintaining facilities, strengthening troops and deploying missiles, are in abundance.

Cuba: Warning in Latin America about the Failure of US Anti-Drug Policy

Rejeanne Lacroix - December 30, 2022. Published in Radio Havana Cuba

Hong Kong: Will the US and Russia Go from Cold War to Hot in 2023?

Matthew McKay - December 30, 2022. Published in Takungpao

[T]e Russia-Ukraine conflict has shown that the main threat to world peace lies in Europe.

Poland: President Zelenskyy Sets America’s Agenda

Danuta Kowalska - December 30, 2022. Published in Rzeczpospolita

How long this fascination with Ukrainian heroism will last in the U.S. remains to be seen.

Mexico: Trump on Trial?

Tom Walker - December 30, 2022. Published in La Jornada

[T]he decision of the investigating committee should [be seen] ... as the beginning of a new chapter in this crisis.

Saudi Arabia: Zelenskyy Goes to Washington

Lalatendu Das - December 30, 2022. Published in Arab News

Zelenskyy has lost none of the humility that he displayed during his 2019 visit to Washington.

Ethiopia: Implications of the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit on Ethio-US Diplomatic Ties

Lalatendu Das - December 30, 2022. Published in The Reporter

The disaster in which the U.S. currently finds itself ... best exemplifies the failure of U.S. foreign policy.

Ukraine: Beyond Dispute: on US Military Aid to Ukraine

Lalatendu Das - December 30, 2022. Published in The New Voice of Ukraine

The U.S. has clearly and unequivocally stated that it will do everything to help Ukraine, and all the increase in aid is related to this.

U.K.: Times Are Tough but Believe Me, All of Us Have Reasons To Be Cheerful. Here’s Why

Lalatendu Das - December 30, 2022. Published in The Guardian

Think of Trump and Johnson, gone. Think of Putin flailing, and action to save the planet.

Denmark: An Angel of Death Stalks America

Robin Koerner - December 30, 2022. Published in Berlingske Tidende

In 2021, the total number of deaths exceeded 100,000 for the first time and drug-related deaths have now overtaken diabetes as a cause of death.

Denmark: Biden’s Landmark Climate Bill Creates Fear in the EU

Robin Koerner - December 29, 2022. Published in Danmarks Radio/ DR.DK

According to several European countries, this is a toxic cocktail of unfair subsidies and discriminatory protectionism of the highest order.

Pakistan: America’s Wars

Lalatendu Das - December 29, 2022. Published in Dawn

It’s almost as if an American war is righteous by definition.

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