Trump has increased the appeal of American conservatism, even as he has complicated its meaning. His shadow will no doubt continue to loom large over the Republican Party.
- Professor in American Politics, The University of Melbourne
La enfermedad del presidente estadounidense añade otro elemento de incertidumbre a este año electoral tan extraño.
There are both positives and negatives that might flow from the president’s diagnosis. Much will depend on how sick he becomes, and how he chooses to talk about it.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the first US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
History should give Trump reasons for optimism. The presidential elections in 1968 and 1988 provide a template for Republican victory on a law-and-order platform in 2020.
Los críticos de Trump han descalificado su gestión tanto del coronavirus como de los disturbios de Minneapolis. Sin embargo, su rival en las elecciones de noviembre, Joe Biden, aún no ha demostrado que puede ser un líder más efectivo.
Trump’s critics have assailed his handling of both coronavirus and the Minneapolis unrest. His election opponent, Joe Biden, though, has yet to show he can be the more effective leader, either.
Whether successful or not – and most impeachments are not – the fallout for the Democrats and the US will be deep and enduring.
Key victories by pro-Trump, anti-immigrant candidates have confirmed the president’s hold on the Republican Party and his ability to turn out his conservative base.
The legal travails of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen bring the Mueller investigation into the White House.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the second US presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
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How worried should we be that the government of the world’s largest economy, military, and democracy has shut down? Let me suggest two responses: 1) worried and 2) reassured. Reasons to be worried Compromise…
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The impending victory of one middle-aged white male politician over another this Saturday raises the question of diversity in Australian politics. At a University of Melbourne Elections Masterclass on…
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The debate between Abbott and Rudd mimics that between American presidential candidates. But the US analogy both distorts and reveals. It distorts by personalising the election. Technically, very few Australians…
Alexis de Tocqueville warned in his great book, Democracy in America, that the race problem could not be resolved, short of war between blacks and whites. It is the most dispiriting part of his brilliant…
Australia is one of the few countries in the world where one can call oneself a liberal and mean it. There is a Liberal Party here which at least purports to stand for individual rights and limited government…
The denigration of the first female Australian prime minister on the basis of her gender echoes that endured by the first female prime minister of Great Britain. While Julia Gillard has suffered the juvenile…
On the eve of her resignation as British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher pondered her options. In a little over 36 hours time it seemed likely the parliamentary Conservative party would again refuse…
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