Is American democracy too polarised to survive?
By Timothy Kuhner Donald Trump’s power won’t prove authoritarian enough to compel the other branches and levels of government to undermine the election, writes Associate Professor Tim Kuhner. Prior to 3 November, 2020, 35 percent of Republican voters believed...
Who is Donald Trump, really? And how are we supposed to process his Presidency?
By Timothy Kuhner Author’s introduction: Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 election makes this the perfect time to share a few pages from my new book, Tyranny of Greed. Looking back at all Trump’s outrages against democracy, many of us desperately hoped the...
Can Joe Biden reverse the authoritarian direction that President Trump took?
By Natasha Lindstaedt As Joe Biden takes office on January 20th, 2021, many questions arise about what a Biden administration will look like to the global community. Early indications show it will be a complete reversal from Trump’s America First policy. As Joe Biden...
Donald Trump’s post-presidency legal jeopardy: Must he be held accountable to uphold the rule of law?
By Scott Optican Despite clearly losing the recent US election — as evidenced by the popular vote, electoral vote and numerous unsuccessful legal challenges (if you don’t believe me, ask the relevant US state and federal court judges) — why is Donald Trump still...
Should the United States Electoral College be reformed? 🔊
Last week’s US presidential election once again revealed fractures in the democratic principles of the Electoral College. President-elect Joe Biden has consistently led in the counting of the popular vote in this election and has over five million more votes than...
Can Trump be prosecuted?
By Richard Messick President-elect Biden has rightly made bringing Americans together his highest priority. His greatest challenge will be whether he can lead the nation into a reckoning with the Trump years without further inflaming passions. President Trump and...
Donald Trump: A dangerous psychology?
By Ian Hughes “The last four years provide a roadmap that shows how the personal and the political can combine to disastrous effect.” Politicians who live in an angry narcissistic fog pose a clear threat to democracy and peace, and Donald Trump is a...
What does Biden’s win mean for race relations, US foreign policy and the Supreme Court?
By Brian J Purnell, Morgan Marietta & Neta C. Crawford The American public has had its say and for the first time in a generation denied a sitting president a second term. President Donald Trump’s tenure lasted just four years, but in that time he dragged policy...
How did the US election look from outside America? 🔊
The US, when it holds an election ends up attracting more interest around the world than most, if not any other country. It might be because of American power; it might be because of the US’s democratic principles, or it might be because of media sources and the...Subscribe by Email
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