The Trump Presidency
In the US, a week of protests and a tidal wave of history
In reaction to the death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis – its brutality captured on video – mass demonstrations arose across 140 American cities and around the…
Discontinued: America’s Continuous Bomber Presence
Since 2004, the US Air Force has rotated heavy bombers through the Western Pacific island of Guam. But no more. The Continuous Bomber Presence (CBP), which started in President…
The vanishing hegemon
Has the corona crisis already changed the world? Many people certainly seem to think so. From doomsday prognoses of a collapse into a bio-authoritarian dystopia to cheerful…
What a difference six weeks and a viral outbreak make for Donald Trump
Donald Trump doesn’t pretend to care about things he’s not interested in.
When Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services brought him warnings about the spread of the…
Commentary
Joe Biden's victory for normal
History is against a win for the former vice president in November. But you can't blame allies for hoping that yet another shock awaits. Originally published in the Australian…
Trump impeachment: The aftermath
Last week late on Wednesday afternoon, the 134-day impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump ended with a near party-line vote in the Senate in favor of acquittal…
What Trump’s State of the Union tells us about his re-election bid
This year’s State of the Union address came as part of a tumultuous trifecta, given it was wedged between the Democratic Iowa caucuses vote count fiasco and the Senate impeachment…
Trump’s White House: State of chaos
The State of the Union, the US president’s annual speech before a joint session of congress, is invariably a theatrical affair, replete with praise for a string of everyday heroes…
A new ambassador in Washington
Joe Hockey, former Treasurer, has stepped down as Australia’s ambassador to the United States and will soon be replaced by another former cabinet minister, Arthur Sinodinos. In…
Trump walks away clean from Soleimani fallout
The US drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani dominated the political discussion in Washington last week. President Trump’s decision to target Soleimani – an…