What the World Wants U.S. Voters to Remember

It’s already Tuesday here on the other side of the world, but everyone is still holding their breath for Nov. 5. In our most recent print issue we asked thinkers from around the world if they had advice for Americans before this most consequential of elections.

I’ve been thinking in these last few hours before the polls open about Arancha González’s notion that the United States’ greatest asset globally is trust, as well as her plea for citizens to vote with the world in mind.

It’s already Tuesday here on the other side of the world, but everyone is still holding their breath for Nov. 5. In our most recent print issue we asked thinkers from around the world if they had advice for Americans before this most consequential of elections.

I’ve been thinking in these last few hours before the polls open about Arancha González’s notion that the United States’ greatest asset globally is trust, as well as her plea for citizens to vote with the world in mind.

Martin Kimani’s words also seem especially relevant at this moment. “Some of my African friends have noted that the situation in the United States is beginning to resemble elections in their own countries,” Kimani wrote, “where fear looms due to the threat of violence, fueled by politicians weaponizing ethnic or religious identities.” The former Kenyan ambassador to the United Nations has thoughts on how to overcome this entrenched polarization, both at the ballot box and beyond.

Read the whole package here: Dear America