Democrats gained only a handful of House seats in this week’s elections, leaving Republicans in the majority. But can the GOP shift from opposing President Obama to supporting President Trump?
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A more muscular foreign policy in our region would carry risks, but it might also show Australia and its neighbours that the US has its interests at heart.
From undetected late swings, to pollster ‘herding’.
If we’re living in a ‘post-truth’ world, the press must take much of the blame.
Since the future is so uncertain, South Africa’s best response to Trump’s election is to learn the lessons of its causes.
Donald Trump has never held public office, but executive and global leadership are wholly interlinked so business offers some important lessons for the president-elect.
Hillary Clinton failed to unleash the power of the meme.
During the election campaign the University of Canberra’s focus group in the seat of Indi was asked who’d be the better prime minister to deal with a possible Trump presidency.
At first it seemed comical that such an unpolished campaign could win over American voters. No one’s laughing now.
Your victory, Mr Trump, is and always will be remembered as the best possible example of the true and incomparable wisdom of the people.
Trump’s promises to build a wall have caused anxiety in Mexico – but the country has its own conflicting policies on migration from Central America.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans to ratify the Paris climate agreement, a day after US participation in the treaty was thrown into dought by Donald Trump’s election victory.
The prospect of a Trump presidency does not bode well for women in general and feminism in particular.
Many of the US’s current and mooted free trade negotiations are now dead in the water, but that doesn’t mean it’s game over for free trade.
Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem. It is one of the fundamental economic challenges of this century.
Scholars from the U.S., Ireland, Australia and France provide perspective on President-elect Donald Trump.
Thanks to voters ignoring Big Tobacco, California may be the first smoke free society. Here’s how it happened.
The president-elect has made some worrying noises on a range of issues, and from Australia’s perspective the most worrying of all is the relationship with China.
People around the world were shocked when Hillary Clinton, ahead in many polls, didn’t end up the U.S.‘ president-elect. But that doesn’t mean the polls themselves were wrong.
The world braces for Donald Trump’s brand of` trade protectionism, which will send shockwaves through the global economy.
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
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