El Presidente

The United States appears to be enthusiastically embracing the type of authoritarian regime which has impoverished and oppressed all too many Latin America countries over time.

Trump in the world – Is it time to panic?

From Ukraine abroad to immigration at home, Donald Trump has wasted no time in implementing his radical agenda, so what are the results likely to be?

The foreign aid lessons Trump refuses to learn

Donald Trump’s capricious destruction of America’s foreign aid programme will damage the USA as much as its recipients, and while the returning American President could learn much from his allies on foreign aid, there’s no sign whatsoever that he’s listening.

Trump’s counter-revolution

The West saw a revolution in foreign policy, society, economy and culture in the last century. The new US president is trying to overturn its achievements.

The tragic end of USAID

Donald Trump’s freeze on foreign aid will damage American interests, increase international distress and create new opportunities for China to step in.

“All they will call you will be deportee”

Donald Trump is pressing ahead with his plan to deport undocumented immigrants and those with criminal records, and Pacific nations are likely to be affected, as well as Latin American states.

America first

The litany of executive orders that have dropped on the White House website tell us plenty about what Australia can expect from a second Trump term’s foreign policies.

Revenge and retribution

In his inaugural address, Trump outlined a radical agenda to reshape American life and the United States’ role in the world.

Trump’s new world order

Donald Trump’s foreign policy ideas – from annexing Canada to surrendering Europe to Russia – sound like the plot of a Hollywood satire, but are about to become a reality.

In praise of Jimmy Carter

The travails of Jimmy Carter’s Presidency long over-shadowed his exemplary qualities as a man, but his passing at the ripe old age of 100 reminds us once again that politicians can be honourable people, and offers a sharp contrast in style and character with the incoming incumbent of the White House.

Why Trump won

Donald Trump’s chaotic first term exposed a litany of faults to the American people, yet his bombastic style and calls for change secured re-election at a canter this year. What can an in-depth analysis of his first term and a Guardian survey of voter attitudes in 2024 tell us about the man who, for better or worse, now stands at the cusp of four more years of power?

Why the ‘lost boys’ love Trump

Young white working class males in the USA revolted en masse against the ‘woke’ agenda associated with their generation to propel Donald Trump back into the White House.