How does the world perceive the protests on American campuses?

The world watches what is happening on American campuses with shock, pride, pleasure and concern. Scenes of demonstrations – and arrests of demonstrators – made news around the world, from Bogota to Berlin, from Tehran to Paris.

In some countries, including France, students have staged their own protests, but not with the scale and intensity of those in the United States.

Some applaud the protests. Others, particularly in countries run by authoritarian regimes, see the crackdown as evidence of America's hypocrisy on human rights and free speech. Still others see them as the latest sordid chapter in America's ongoing culture wars.

In some ways, the protests and the response to them provided are a Rorschach test for the world - the analysis often offering more information about local politics than about America.

Here is a selection of views around the world.

France: Warnings of 'Wokism'< p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Many French people, including Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, see the pro-Palestinian protests as another example of the dangers of “woke” culture – “wokism” – which they fear is imported from the United States and threatens fundamental French republican values.

Police officers entered an elite Paris university, Sciences Po, on Friday to evict students who had occupied the building overnight. . The protesters had asked the university to condemn what they call "the ongoing genocide in Gaza" and to review its partnerships with Israeli universities.

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