The Trump Presidency

The far-reaching implications of an isolated White House
The far-reaching implications of an isolated White House
President Trump’s reaction to weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia is the latest example of a growing rift between Trump and the Republican Congress that portends months…
Malcolm Turnbull's ANZUS offer on North Korea was premature
Commentary
Malcolm Turnbull's ANZUS offer on North Korea was premature
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.James Curran
Fire and fury, signifying nothing?
Commentary
Fire and fury, signifying nothing?
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review. Euan Graham
Korea: Trump's nuclear bluster has just one precedent
Korea: Trump's nuclear bluster has just one precedent
President Donald Trump's threat to rain 'fire and fury' on North Korea has shocked the world. Commentators have rushed to remind us that American leaders normally try to turn down…
What Trump has done right
What Trump has done right
Speaking at the Lowy Institute in July, Dennis Richardson warned that when it comes to the Trump Administration, Australian officials and pundits must: Take a deep breath; …
North Korea has goals other than nukes
North Korea has goals other than nukes
As you will no doubt have seen by now, President Trump has issued a threat to North Korea: North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with…
External trade imbalances and the ‘tragedy of the commons’
External trade imbalances and the ‘tragedy of the commons’
President Trump likes to apply business-oriented thinking to national economic policy. Nothing illustrates this better than his fixation with reducing America’s bilateral trade…
The Trump/Turnbull transcript: The PM’s parting gift
The Trump/Turnbull transcript: The PM’s parting gift
So mesmerised have Australian commentators become with the Trump/Turnbull telephone conversation from late January that the leaking last week of the verbatim transcript was always…
America: Full employment is not enough
America: Full employment is not enough
On the surface the US economy has had a successful recovery from the 2008 Great Recession, with eight years of unbroken growth and unemployment well below 5% for more than a year…
What NAFTA renegotiation means for Australia
What NAFTA renegotiation means for Australia
It was always part of the Trump agenda to do something about the North American Free Trade Agreement (‘one of the worst deals ever’) covering the US, Canada and Mexico: the…