October | 2023 | Watching America

Germany: What Kyiv Must Hope for Now*

Mallory Matsumoto - October 31, 2023. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

[Will] Johnson ... be guided by blind loyalty to Trump when it comes ... to support for ... Ukraine[?]

Canada: American Southern Border Woes May Bring Down Biden

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 31, 2023. Published in National Post

U.K.: The Observer View on the Israel-Hamas War: Stricken Gazans Need a Respite from the Bombs

Lalatendu Das - October 31, 2023. Published in The Guardian

Failure by world leaders to agree on terminology to halt the violence condemns the region to a future of more bloodshed.

Ukraine: What Biden’s Foreign Policy Speech Means for Ukraine

Lalatendu Das - October 31, 2023. Published in The New Voice of Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden said that he would submit an urgent budget request to Congress for both Ukraine and Israel.

Germany: Time for Hamas

Mallory Matsumoto - October 30, 2023. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

For Israel, ultimately, the position of the United States is decisive.

France: American Elections: Why Joe Biden Is Banking on His Jobs Policy

Reg Moss - October 30, 2023. Published in L'Obs

Biden is seeking to boost his popularity among white males without college degrees.

Ireland: The Irish Times View on the New US Speaker of the House: Republicans Captured by Far Right

Rejeanne Lacroix - October 30, 2023. Published in Irish Times

Poland: Joe Biden Calls on America To Be the Arsenal for World Democracy

Danuta Kowalska - October 29, 2023. Published in Rzeczpospolita

Israel is under the same pressure as Ukraine not to turn their right to self-defense and retaliation into all-out war.

Brazil: Brazil Always for Peace

Jane Dorwart - October 29, 2023. Published in Folha

The current impasse in the Security Council reflects the United States’ attempt to impose hegemonic power.

Russia: Tragedy and Farce*

Robin Koerner - October 28, 2023. Published in Izvestia

Personal beliefs are valued much less at the American political Olympus than the ability to promptly follow the smallest oscillations of incredibly volatile public opinions.

China: Farce and Sophistry: The Difficult Birthing of a US House Speaker

Matthew McKay - October 28, 2023. Published in Workers' Daily

[W]hen partisan and personal interests are pursued in the name of democracy, the so-called city on a hill has long since crumbled.

Mexico: Reasons for Concern

Stephen Routledge - October 28, 2023. Published in El Heraldo de Mexico

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