US Elections
Green light, president Barack Obama, go
A Hawaiian-born Kansan-Kenyan must ‘save the earth over the next four years’ – thus spake top climate scientist James Hansen on New Year’s Day 2009. After Barack Obama is inaugurated America’s 44th president in Washington DC on 20 January, should he be looking for tips or banking on support from the school across the Atlantic? Foreign policy, climate change and economy - inklings of a 'post-Obama syndrome'
US warms up to the global climate change consensus
As Barack Obama inaugurates his mandate on 20 January, environmental scientists prepare their guidelines for a greener approach to energy production and usage. Is America ready to make the same changes? The word from Union Square farmers market and climatologist Dr. Stephen H. Schneider
us elections, carbon footprint, environment, green, solar energy, renewable energies, energy
Dear Obama administration: Europe’s top five on the Christmas list
After elections on 4 November, perhaps never before have so many expected so much of one man. But remember: Barack Obama is US president first, and world leader second. Focus on the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo and Russia
Europe blogs Barack Obama’s presidency
Everything is possible. From waking up to utopia, European bloggers are discussing a black man in charge in the world’s most powerful nation. On 20 January, Barack Obama became president of the USA. But what will happen to him tomorrow?
us elections, blogosphere, internet, united states, world affairs, barack obama
US election reactions: ‘sleeping a little better’ after the Obama win
From London to New York on 4 November, a selection of correspondents trace the historic night when Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States
us elections, times square, vote, washington, vox-pop, massachusetts, rockefeller centre
President-elect Obama: the US changes
History was marked on 4 November. With 52% of the popular vote, the Americans clearly chose the 47-year-old senator of Illinois to be the 44th president of the United States. Perspectives, as the widescreen bows George W. Bush out and Obama campaign fever peaks in the Paris fashion and Barcelona art worlds. Plus a voice for defeated rival, John McCain
- Read the special edition President-elect Obama: the US changes
- Press review: why is Barack Obama so popular in Europe?
- Videos: Sarah Palin, from porn films to Pakistani compliments
- ‘W’ by Oliver Stone: what about Europe's improbable leaders?
- Videos: bye Bush, bye to an eight-year tragicomedy
- Europeans can expect a John McCain victory
- Barack Obama inspires art and fashion in Paris and Barcelona
Meanwhile, Obama Hallowe’en masks outsell McCain
The moment of truth from the US elections, bickering Polish politicians and the return of the Euromed – weekly newsbites from Brussels
us elections, candidate countries, euweek, croatia, euromed, brussels, news
Climate change conference in December: previewing Poznan
Delegates will come more than 190 countries at the Poznan conference, but all eyes will be on the major players - the EU and the United States. After elections in the latter and in the midst of a global financial crisis, will the world walk away from committing significant money and energy to solving the problem?
us elections, economy, united nations, focus, economical crisis, opinion publique, yvo de boer
America: five eurosceptic myths about sick old EU
With the stock market jittery over Iraq, the housing crisis and huge trade deficits, investors are wringing their hands about the US economy. Chinese and Indian economies roar, but what about Europe on the eve of the EU-US summit in Slovenia on 9-10 June
us elections, welfare state, eurosceptic, ecology, unemployment, myth, united states
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