26/04/2017

The Age of Trump

Foreign policy challenges for the left

23/11/2016

The 2016 US Election: looking back and the way forward

This one hurts. A lot. As regular readers of this newsletter know, I was confident […]

23/11/2016

The Iran Deal is in Jeopardy, and Other Disasters

The Iran Deal is in Jeopardy, and Other Disasters America is still in shock—both opponents […]

13/10/2016

A Wider Perspective on the 2016 US Election

As this is the last pre-election edition of this Newsletter, it is worth spending some […]

13/10/2016

On the Campaign Trail

American presidential politics has crossed a Rubicon. In the span of 48 hours, the United […]

14/09/2016

On the Campaign Trail

How had Trump survive these mistakes that would have been fatal to any other campaign?

14/09/2016

US Elections: The Post-Policy Campaign

Trump’s campaign is built on the slogan, Make America Great Again, but he has offered no details about how he would actually do it

10/06/2016

Millennials and the 2016 Election

The Millennial generation, those born between 1981 and 2000, is now the largest living generation […]

10/06/2016

State of the Race: The General Election Begins

The Democratic primary is finally over. Hillary Clinton won decisively in California and New Jersey […]

24/05/2016

Uncharted Territory: A Contested Republican Convention

The contemporary model for a party nominating convention in the United States is a celebration […]

24/05/2016

The Year of the Anti-Establishment Insurgent

The anti-establishment campaigns of Sanders and Trump certainly share some common elements. Both Sanders and […]

24/05/2016

Race, Religion and other social issues in the 2016 campaign

Donald Trump has dominated this campaign since his announcement speech in which he labelled Mexican […]

24/05/2016

The New Politics of Trade

Regardless of the ultimate outcome in November, there is no question that campaigns of Donald […]

23/05/2016

On the Campaign Trail

The most unpredictable of presidential campaigns took another unexpected turn when Ted Cruz and John […]

25/04/2016

On The Campaign Trail

Tuesday’s New York primary produced big wins for the two frontrunners, ending what had been […]

01/04/2016

On the Campaign Trail

For those who believed the election of President Barack Obama heralded the dawn of a […]

03/03/2016

On the Campaign Trail: State of the Race After Super Tuesday

With the dust still settling from Super Tuesday, it is clear that there has never […]

12/02/2016

Setting the scene: The U.S. Presidential Election After Iowa and New Hampshire

Setting the scene: The U.S. Presidential Election After Iowa and New Hampshire The 2016 presidential […]