A Tale of Two Elections
The American presidential election engenders interest all around the world every time. Domestic issues may predominate the minds of American citizens, the rest of the world's attention is primarily focused on the foreign policy matters, for there is hardly any part of the world where American foreign policy does not matter. The US is already deeply involved in the two wars raging in Europe and the Middle East. While the current Democratic administration is supporting and fueling the conflicts with political and material support (and brutally suppressing student protests in university campuses at home), Trump has vowed to resolve the conflicts (how?). Apart from this global situation, this year's US election is drawing more than usual world attention on account of some dramatic events unfolding as the election date draws near. The spread of social media has brought these events in the drawing rooms all across the world. Here in India some English and Hindi YouTube channels hav...