For Which It Stands: Introduction to the series

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.

	Commerce: Obama’s economic dream team Can the new president channel Miles Davis?
	Environment: Change desperately needed Obama has room to improve America’s green reputation
	Wheels: The good, the bad and the auto Why America "is" the car
	Washington: From the Hill to Foggy Bottom How will Hillary Clinton’s legacy shape her diplomacy
	Sports: Going for Olympic gold Can Obama bring it home to Chicago?
	NGOs: How generous is the U.S.? Not as generous as most of its people think
	Worldview: HDS Greenway Why Obama should look to the lessons of Woodrow Wilson
	Worldview: Deborah Amos What America owes Iraq’s refugees
	Worldview: Seamus Murphy Seeing America, Kennedy to Obama
	Worldview: David Marash China is experiencing the same consumerism the U.S. did in the 1950s
	Worldview: Michael Moran Seven foreign policy challenges