The press should be challenged, but not like this
The press should be challenged and criticised, but to make it better, not to beat it into submission.
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Nicole Hemmer
Nicole is a research affiliate at the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and a visiting research associate at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center.
Trump's 'ill-informed' tweet was yet another irrelevant distraction
Donald Trump's self-isolation from other liberal democracies reflects the new standard he is creating, in foreign and domestic policy: a policy of America in absentia.
This isn't 1914 and Franz Ferdinand. Historical analogies can lead us astray
Assassination of the Russian ambassador in Turkey won't lead to World War III.
The American voters have Brexited
Anti-Semitism is now a genuine force in American life for the first time since the 1950s.
A tawdry tale of two Trumps
The charges of flip-flopping and lying would damage rather than bolster a traditional candidate. But for Donald Trump, the lying and evasion is part of the appeal.
Trump faces resistance from unlikely source
"Just hold your nose." That was the advice I heard a Republican activist give another member of the party who was hesitant to support Donald Trump.
Rabid right winger? It's not that easy to pigeonhole Trump
Trump is a new kind of political animal, with policies that are difficult to place on the traditional left-right spectrum
Trump emerging with a coherent foreign policy
Trump’s strategy of interests over ideology is a rebuttal of neo-conservative dogma.
Clinton's task is to unify US Democrats
She might win the nomination and even become president, but Clinton could also build a lasting Democrat legacy.
Trump's big mouth fires up the feminist fight
Hillary Clinton was struggling to win over young women until Trump sounded off on abortion.
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