South Africa’s focus should be on maintaining smooth relations with critical export markets while searching for new ones.
Articles on United States
Displaying 381 - 400 of 1241 articles
Trials in US cities of self-driving taxis could have implications for road users around the world.
Chinese balloons must be assessed within the context of decades of mutual espionage and an awareness of the many storms in the U.S.-China relationship — and the history of empires.
Green technologies like wind turbines and electric vehicles are moving centre stage in geopolitics.
If there’s any silver lining to the aerial objects being shot down over North America over the last few days, maybe it’s that North Americans will recognize and appreciate the binational NORAD.
Populism has been unleashed. We’re beyond the stop-gap measures of small-step reform or pragmatic centrist liberalism. What’s next? We’re about to find out.
Despite China’s complaints about the United States shooting down its balloon, the U.S. was within its rights — and China has done the same thing in the past.
In 1776, with a population of 2.5 million, few imagined that within two centuries, the U.S. would become the dominant superpower. It’s not inconceivable that Canada could do the same by 2223.
NORAD is having a moment in the wake of growing tensions between the United States, China and Russia. Will it last?
The game’s roots provide insights into capitalism that form part of teaching and research to this day.
As US-Africa leaders meet, it should be clear that aligning respective goals, priorities and actions is in the interests of the US and of African countries.
As they negotiate with Mauritius, British leaders are mostly interested in securing guarantees that America’s military interests will not be harmed by a transfer of authority to Port Louis.
Prosecuting a leader like Vladimir Putin accused of war crimes is difficult. But the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the early 2000s offers a potential playbook.
Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, spiralling inflation and energy shortages, tackling climate change has been central to the recovery plans of the world’s biggest economies.
Kenyan families with access to mass media are significantly more afraid of terrorism than those without access.
The G20 meets this week as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, soaring energy prices and economic slowdown places leaders at odds with one another.
This year’s climate talks have been overshadowed by rising international tensions, energy crises and war. But that doesn’t mean climate action is dead.
Rwanda has rebuffed international pressure to release Paul Rusesabagina, a man made famous by Hollywood.
A recent French Senate report calling on a ban on alcohol use while hunting has prompted the wrath of the country’s hunting lobby. Do its arguments hold water?
Republicans and democrats alike have accused each other of threatening the foundations of democracy. How legitimate are these fears?
Top contributors
-
Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
-
Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Associate professor in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
-
Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
-
Lecturer in History and International Studies, Leiden University
-
Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
-
Professor of Economics and Senior Researcher, Princeton University
-
Director of China-Indonesia Desk, Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS)
-
Professor of International Relations, Australian National University
-
Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
-
Global Fellow at the Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition, Associate Professor at the University of Arizona, University of Arizona
-
Rédacteur en chef, coordination internationale et technique, The Conversation France
-
Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
-
Professor of Islamic Studies, Head of School, The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation, Charles Sturt University