For Which It Stands: Introduction to the series

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GlobalPost is proud to offer this special report, "… For Which It Stands." From every corner of the world, more than 40 GlobalPost correspondents and columnists have contributed nearly 50 stories built around a single question: What does the idea of America mean to the world? This guide will help you navigate the series, which begins with our launch and runs through President Barack Obama's swearing in as president — an event billed as the first global inauguration. We will add to the series in the first 100 days of the Obama presidency, what he has called a "chance to reboot America's image around the world." During this time, we want to know what you think America means to the world, and also what the world means to America. To post commments register here. To submit your own brief essay to share on the site send an e-mail to editors @ globalpost.com.


headline descriptionGermany:
The Berlin stage

Does it matter like it did for Kennedy and Reagan?

headline descriptionTurkey:
What future?

In Turkey it’s all about the past

headline descriptionUnited Kingdom:
Reuniting after Gitmo

A guard and a prisoner talk it out

headline descriptionRussia:
The future of "partial cooperation"

Forget Obama, look at NATO and the Ukraine.

headline descriptionUkraine:
Yet another test

Looking warily east and hopefully west

headline descriptionEuropean Union:
Under the weight of an inferiority complex

Can EU leaders take advantage of Obamamania in spite of themselves?

headline descriptionFrance:
Why it hasn’t happened here

Obama´s election took race out of the closet

headline descriptionIreland:
Relieved and wary

How do you spell "change" in Gaelic? "O´Bama "

headline descriptionPoland:
Time for a break?

A key ally reassesses its ties to Washington

headline descriptionUnited Kingdom:
Still special?

From wars to economic crisis, the U.S. and Britain have some healing to do.

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