America First Revisited: Trump’s Agenda and Its Global Implications
The return of Trump underscores a trend of rising populism and a demand for strong, direct leadership that may find resonance in democracies across Europe, Asia and elsewhere.
Opinion – Habitus and the 2024 US Presidential Elections
Donald Trump’s victory comes from the rejectionists of the overarching framework of modernization theory at its most urban chic, missionizing, and high modernist points of expression.
Opinion – Europe Cannot Ignore the Republican Party’s Shifting Foreign Policy Playbook
Europe must adapt to changing expectations from three competing Republican foreign policy schools or face the geostrategic consequences.
The Populist Potential of the US and its Fragile Grip on the International System
Donald Trump would likely destroy any chance of ‘sharing hegemony’ with China by bringing more instability and uncertainty into US policymaking.
Interview – Hirotsugu Aida
Hirotsugu Aida discusses key issues impacting the American Presidential election, developments in Japanese politics, and the current state of US-Japan relations.
Review – The Undocumented Americans
Karla Villavícencío offers a powerful, personal and novel perspective that suceeds in capturing the complexities of undocumented migrant life in America.
Russia’s Internet Research Agency and Cyberwarfare
The Internet Research Agency was a key agent in a Russian disinformation campaign that targeted American voters in the 2016 presidential election.
Donald Trump and Climate Denial
Trump manifested an environmental sceptic’s view, meaning that he did not seem to believe that climate change was worth his attention, or his state’s actions.
Interview – Jade McGlynn
Jade McGlynn discusses the current state of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and the prominent use of memory politics and propaganda in Russia’s wartime strategy.
Interview – Andrew Gawthorpe
Andrew Gawthorpe details changes in American politics on the domestic, partisan, and foreign fronts, along with the lasting impacts of the Trump Presidency.
