Nick Bryant
Nick Bryant is a former BBC correspondent and the author of The Rise and Fall of Australia: How a Great Nation Lost Its Way.
Opinion
US election
Biden’s lesson from the college chaos comes from the history department
A lesson from 1968 – and, indeed, from the 1972 election – is that campus unrest favours the Republicans.
- by Nick Bryant
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Opinion
US politics
Civil War is a movie. If Trump wins, will it be a reality?
With the instigator of the Capitol Hill riot standing a good chance of returning to power, the question of whether the US is headed towards Civil War 2.0 no longer feels hyperbolic.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
US election
The bare-chested Forrest Gump factor that could make or break Trump and Biden
Like the Kennedys who preceded him, Robert F. Kennedy Jr is an attention-grabber, but he’s gathering real traction – especially among young American voters.
- by Nick Bryant
A 170-kilometre-long desert skyscraper? A subterranean city? Inside MBS’s Saudi dream
Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi-style giga-project is bankrolled by a regime not known for supporting individual liberties, but it has the support of a surprising number of Australians.
- by Nick Bryant
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Australian soccer
Sam Kerr is the latest victim of Australia’s Ned Kelly syndrome
Australia asks a lot of its cultural and political icons. No surprise then that carrying the burden of the country’s ambitions is more than enough for any mortal being.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
US election
US politics resembles Jerry Springer. Normal programming may not resume
With the November election set to become a Trump/Biden rematch, US politics not only looks deranged but tired and frail.
- by Nick Bryant
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Supermarkets
Why our supermarkets are basket cases, according to a former chief lettuce officer
The supermarket wars are not my usual wheelhouse, but I consider myself something of a battle-hardened veteran with combat experience from foreign fields.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
Donald Trump
Why America’s historic weakness strengthens Trump
Even Abraham Lincoln had authoritarian tendencies. So we should not be surprised that so many Americans are drawn to Donald Trump’s autocratic flourishes.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Where does Biden’s latest gaffe rate among the biggest political slips?
Joe Biden’s not the first political leader to deliver a real-time blooper, but the US president’s timing could not have been worse.
- by Nick Bryant
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Trump's America
Beyond the MAGA moshpit, there are rational voters who back Donald Trump
There’s a sense that Trump has assembled a confederacy of the crazy, but the Republican frontrunner is attracting support from other demographic groups.
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
US politics
Joe needs the fear of Donald 2.0 to trump the fear of Biden, 81
Joe Biden is hoping to be the oldest president in the White House if elected for a second term. He has the fear of Trump 2.0 and the superpowers of Taylor Swift on his side.
- by Nick Bryant