2020 United States Presidential Election
From American dream to American nightmare
| OpinionIn his inauguration speech following the resignation of his predecessor President Richard Nixon, former U.S. …
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OpinionFrom American dream to American nightmare
By Kılıç Buğra KanatIn his inauguration speech following the resignation of his predecessor President Richard Nixon, former U.S. President Gerald Ford said, "my fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."
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OpinionDivided States of America
By Kılıç Buğra KanatThe U.S. election is over. Contrary to expectations, there was no landslide in the elections. There was no blue wave and there was no overwhelming victory of one candidate over the other. The major losers of this election are again the pollsters. It turned out that the Democrats were right to have anxiety over the polls as they demonstrated a solid and consistent Democratic lead in major key battleground states. There will be a lot of evaluations and assessments of the election results. My initial observations include the following.
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OpinionLiberal arrogance or Trumpism?
By Burhanettin DuranProvided that the incoming president will take over on Jan. 20, 2021, the transition period is expected to be painful if Trump loses the election. The elephant in the room is not unknown: Even if Trump were to lose, what he stands for (let’s call it Trumpism) remains influential among American voters.
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The story of a Halloweeny election
By Kılıç Buğra KanatOn Tuesday, millions of Americans will go to the ballots to vote for the president that will occupy the White House for the next four years. As asserted several times in this column, it will be an election like no other, taking place during the deadliest pandemic for the U.S. after the Spanish Flu of 1918.
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Looming US presidential polls focus of Istanbul panel
By Kılıç Buğra KanatMichael Scott Doran of Hudson Institute and Kilic Bugra Kanat of Turkish group SETA discuss next week's elections in US
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How US elections may influence Washington’s ties with Ankara
By Talha KöseThe presidential elections in the United States are a significant concern for almost all international actors, including Turkey. What is happening in the globe's superpower and biggest economy affects practically every country in the world.
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Wishful thinking and allegations instead of strategy
By Kılıç Buğra KanatThe second U.S. presidential debate took place on Thursday in Tennessee. The disastrous first presidential debate between the two candidates lowered the bar, with some calling for the cancellation of future debates and many analysts declaring it the lowest point in U.S. politics.
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Divisions, foreign policy, COVID-19: US goes to polls
By Kılıç Buğra KanatThe 2020 election is going to be one of the most significant in recent history for the U.S. Earlier this column examined the several reasons why this is such a critical election year for America, including the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis and deep divergences in the worldview of the two candidates.