Donald Trump’s presidency has raised profound questions about the role the United States will play in world affairs, and whether his isolationist vision is indicative of deeper structural shifts in American attitudes. The midterms will provide the first national indicator of how the president's messages and disruptive style have resonated with the wider public.
Bruce Wolpe's weekly look at the issues affecting the US midterm election campaign.
A year has passed since 58 people were killed and 869 country music concertgoers were injured by a gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas. Despite early signs, the US Congress has not enacted significant gun control measures since the shooting, with survivors and activists instead shifting focus to state legislatures.
The 2018 midterm elections are a record-breaking year for women in American politics, with more women running for US Congress and state-wide office than any previous election.
In the latest instalment of the USSC's Debate Papers series, we asked Alan Oxley and Stephen Kirchner whether the global trading system can survive the Trump administration's increasing use of tariffs as an instrument of international economic policy.
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As the United States and China escalate their trade war, the costs of rising tariff protection loom increasingly large for the world economy. But these costs are just the start of the economic...
After Donald Trump was inaugurated, Washington speculated: Might we see from Bob Woodward, given the volcanic eruption of power and chaos that engulfed Trump from the moment he took the oath of office...
During his bombastic speech at the United Nations, Donald Trump reiterated his "America First" promise to back away from supporting the liberal international order. He rejected "globalism" in favour of "the doctrine of...
When the news broke over the weekend of Dr Christine Blasey's accusations of sexual assault against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the immediate reaction was to think back 27 years to the...
The failure of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008 has become synonymous with the crisis that engulfed the United States and European financial system a decade ago, but left Australia's banks relatively unscathed.
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The United States midterm elections are being held on Tuesday, 6 November. This offers the first nationwide referendum on the presidency of Donald Trump. Presidential elections are held every four years, in conjunction...
Despite the significant global outrage at US President Donald Trump and his supporters – best highlighted by the Pew surveys and more viscerally by the enormous anti-Trump protests in London in July 2018...
After months of speculation, and an unprecedentedly long delay, the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs has selected a US representative for the 2019 Venice Biennale. The delays worried many...
Donald Trump’s presidency has raised profound questions about the role the United States will play in world affairs, and whether his election and isolationist vision represents an anomaly or is indicative of deeper...
A week in politics can feel like a lifetime – and last week was no exception. The fierce urgency of Dr Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony to the Senate; the vehemence of Judge Brett...
Lecturer in US politics and foreign policy Dr Gorana Grgic spoke to Stan Grant on ABC's Matter of Fact about the broad trends of US foreign policy under Trump after his second address...
Foreign Policy and Defence Program Fellow Brendad Thomas-Noone spoke to 9 News about the 1983 Soviet false alarm incident that almost saw thousands of nuclear missiles launched at US allies due to a...
USSC CEO Simon Jackman spoke to Eleanor Hall on the ABC Radio Program The World Today about what impact the Kavanaugh scandal could have on the upcoming midterms and what a 'blue wave'...