You don’t need this reminder, but here it is anyway: The U.S. election was seismic in the United States; the wider world felt the reverberations, too. Today, columnist Ned Temko supplies a skilled analysis of what Tuesday’s electoral decision projects to allies and adversaries.

Ned’s is a story about high-level perceptions. We’re working on a follow-up, with staff reports from China to Mexico and beyond, exploring the perspectives of six sets of parents who are understandably focused on the future. Watch for that tomorrow.