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Only in America (part IV), Anthony Barnett
In the fourth part of his exchange with KA Dilday, Anthony Barnett argues that Obama sees the US as part of the world, not apart from it. Catch up with part 1, part 2, and part 3.
Dear Kay,
Senator Obama - and I SO hope by tomorrow morning it will be "President-elect" Obama - agrees with you. In an otherwise masterful opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, he writes, I'll finally finish the fight against bin Laden and the al Qaeda terrorists who attacked us on... more »
Only in America (part III), KA Dilday
In the third portion of her exchange with Anthony Barnett, KA Dilday argues that majority-minority dynamics in the US would make an Obama presidency unique and incomparable to the rise of Lula, Bachelet and Morales in South America. Previous letters: part I and part II. Read on: part IV.
Dear Anthony:
It's the day of reckoning and I am taut with nervousness, so I'm pleased to be distracted by our discussion.
You question whether Barack Obama's success... more »
Farewell, Republican America , Sidney Blumenthal
On 29 July 2008, President George W Bush appeared at the Lincoln Electric Company in Euclid, Ohio, where he spoke about energy and then asked the audience for questions. The opportunity for people in a small town in the midwest to pose a question directly to the president of the United States is a rare one, possibly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. "And now I'd like to answer some questions, if you have any", said Bush. But his request was returned with silence. Bush filled the... more »
India’s elections: bad for minorities , Meenakshi Ganguly
The world's largest democracies are holding great election contests in 2008-09. There are intriguing parallels and contrasts in the way that prominent issues are discussed and managed by the respective political systems in Washington and New Delhi.
Meenakshi Ganguly is senior researcher on south Asia for Human Rights Watch
Also by Meenakshi Ganguly in openDemocracy:
"Sri Lanka: time to act" (10 September 2006)
"India's Dalits: between... more »
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