The 2016 US Presidential Election
Digital Diplomacy links: President-elect Trump special
Here's a good run-down of how the US election played out on social media and how social networks influenced the electoral process. The Wall Street Journal’s graphic …
Australia must prepare for an Asia without America
Our first thoughts should be for Americans, and the damage that has been done to their institutions, their society and their national self-respect. But there is nothing to say…
Why Trump won
This is the first of a series of posts on the 2016 election outcome. This post explains why Trump won and provides some reflections on my own journey. The next piece will be…
What Donald Trump means for India
Like all American envoys, the US Ambassador to India Rich Verma has had a difficult job in the past forty-eight hours, as New Delhi gets to grips with the election of Donald Trump…
In Cuyohoga County, two reactions to the US election results
As we wait to hear how Michigan has voted, a state that may decide the next president of the United States, let’s hear from two who have knocked on doors in recent…
Election night with the Republicans in Ohio
Spirits are high at the Cuyahoga County Republican watch party in Cleveland City. The House of Representatives is set to remain in control of the GOP and Ohio Republican Senator…
There's more at stake than the White House
The presidency is just the beginning; making sure no authority is foisted upon the people is the American way, which means said people face a very long list of choices…
How the US election is setting cyber-security precedents
For all the unique and strange precedents set by this election, few could have foreseen that a new stage in cyber conflict would be one of them.
In the lead-up to election day in…
Donald Trump: Straight from Plato's nightmares
Ross Douthat at the New York Times and others have raised the notion of ‘pundit accountability’: at turning points or on crucial issues, commentators should make plain their…
Commentary
'The US public just wants to get through the Clinton-Trump election'
'After 18 months of a campaign that is universally described to have been the weirdest and one of the ugliest in living memory, folks are desperate for it all to be over.'
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