Abraham Lincoln | Watching America

Malta: The Arrogance of Power

Lalatendu Das - July 7, 2025. Published in Times of Malta

The U.S. must decide what type of foreign policy it wants to pursue: one based on the humanism of Abraham Lincoln or one based on the arrogance of those who want it to be the world’s policeman.

Nigeria: American Democracy: Republicans Are Misogynists

Lalatendu Das - November 23, 2024. Published in The Guardian

Ethiopia: Awakening African Minds Determines Our Future Progress

Lalatendu Das - July 7, 2023. Published in The Reporter

When crises erupt, we complain the U.S. responds too slowly in East Africa, France in West Africa, and the UK in Commonwealth countries.

Malta: What Makes a Leader in Turbulent Times?

Lalatendu Das - July 4, 2023. Published in Times of Malta

There is a fascinating synergy between the behaviors of Trump, [Boris] Johnson and [Joseph] Muscat.

Bangladesh: The Dividends of American Diversity and Democracy

Lalatendu Das - July 24, 2022. Published in Dhaka Tribune

Through the many trials and tribulations that the U.S. has gone through like ... the Capitol Riot ... it always bounced back.

Canada: The Troubled States of America. Shall This Union Perish from the Earth?

Rejeanne Lacroix - May 30, 2022. Published in National Post

Canada: Why Is America’s History of Dealing with Indigenous Peoples Held in a Harsher Light than Canada’s?

Rejeanne Lacroix - July 8, 2021. Published in Globe and Mail

Canada: ‘We Must Not Be Enemies’ – Lessons from Lincoln and the Holder of His Hat

Rejeanne Lacroix - March 4, 2021. Published in National Post

United Kingdom: Is It Me or Is Donald Trump’s Administration Becoming Less Like ‘The Sopranos’ and More Like ‘Breaking Bad’?

Lalatendu Das - April 19, 2018. Published in Independent

Canada: Lincoln’s Vision for the US Fades in Donald Trump’s America

Rejeanne Lacroix - August 15, 2017. Published in National Post

Americans have moved beyond Abraham Lincoln’s optimistic view of Civil War reconciliation, perhaps forever. What would Lincoln say, if we could consult him, to a purge of Confederate monuments occurring in the year 2017?

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