polarization | Watching America

Saudi Arabia: Great Unraveling: 2026 Super Bowl Sounds Death Knell for US Unity

Jinghong Chen - February 17, 2026. Published in Arab News

We are entering a state of regime cleavage.

Taiwan: America Is Sliding toward Becoming a Banana Republic

Jennifer Sampson - October 22, 2025. Published in UDN

[T]he country is no longer the “city upon the hill” it once was ... America’s predicament is an alarm bell for all democracies.

U.K.: The Guardian View on Donald Trump’s Inauguration: Fear, Division and the Facade of National Populism

Robin Koerner - January 21, 2025. Published in The Guardian

The billionaire’s return to power signals a new era of upheaval in U.S. politics, marked by authoritarian ambitions, glaring conflicts and polarization.

India: Another Bid

Robin Koerner - September 25, 2024. Published in The Statesman

Extremism thrives in such spaces, where compromise and respect take a back seat to outrage and division.

Austria: After Attack on Trump, US Must Find Way out of Polarization’s Dead End

Michael Stehle - July 26, 2024. Published in Der Standard

[Trump] did not cause the polarization ... he profited off it like no one else.

Israel: What Is Happening to America?

Robin Koerner - February 17, 2024. Published in Ynet

Sometimes you get the sense that it’s not the president who has cognitive problems but the country.

Mexico: Trump and Biden, Biden and Trump Concern

Stephen Routledge - July 21, 2023. Published in El Heraldo de México

Trump has a fanatical core of supporters ... while support for Biden seems more conditional.

Portugal: The Worst Is Yet To Come*

Robin Koerner - July 20, 2023. Published in Expresso

I can imagine the spirit of the rebel confederacy flowing once again through the ranks of militias armed to the teeth.

China : The Bedrock Upholding the US Self-Correction Myth Has Collapsed

Andrew Engler - October 6, 2022. Published in Global Times

Can the much-touted resilience of the 'self-correcting' U.S. system still live up to its reputation?

Mexico: A Polarized Country

Robin Koerner - September 23, 2022. Published in El Heraldo de México

The question for the 2022 elections is to what extent the enthusiastic acceptance of Trumpism can be counterproductive for the Republican Party

Austria: Finally, There Is Just 1 Opinion

Robin Koerner - March 3, 2022. Published in Wiener Zeitung

Maybe everyone should simply launch their own platform. Then, once and for all, people will no longer have to listen to other people.

Israel: Biden Should Support Israel’s Novel Experiment in Coalition Management

Robin Koerner - July 8, 2021. Published in Jerusalem Post

America’s divided politics have echoes in Europe, South America and beyond.

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