A new hope?

Donald Trump is now seeing his lead wither before him as the fresh and young face of Kamala Harris steps forward for the Democrats.

Better angels

President Abraham Lincoln appealed to the ‘better angels’ of America’s electorate to heal division and distrust and they are needed more than ever today.

A reader’s guide to the US election

Understanding the 2024 election isn’t easy, given the withdrawl of the sitting President and Donald Trump’s promise that if he wins in November, Americans will never have to vote again, so what are the best books and podcasts to make sense of it all?

Biden leaves the stage

Given mounting concern about his prospects of re-election, Joe Biden has withdrawn his candidacy and urged Democrats to back Vice-President Kamala Harris instead.

Could Harris trump Trump?

President Joe Biden says only God – or medical advice – will prevent him running for re-election. Should Biden drop out of the race, could Vice President Kamala Harris turn potential defeat into a viable contest between Democrats and Donald Trump?

Should Biden bow out?

Despite his bombastic attempt to overthrow American democracy and a string of criminal convictions, Donald Trump is proving a strong challenger to Joe Biden, so should the ageing President bow out of the campaign?

A history of violence

Political assassination attempts are nothing new, and the bullet which almost took Donald Trump’s life could prove a turning point in the American election.

America v America

A new book, The Forever War, argues that America’s extreme polarisation has been 250 years in the making as the roots of its modern-day malaise can be found in its troubled and unresolved past.

America alone

America’s foreign policy has always been a battleground between isolationist and internationalist forces, according to Charles Kupchan. The tussle continues to this very day, and could intensify if Donald Trump wins the next US Presidential election.

The curious case of Woodrow Wilson

February 3rd marked the centennial of Woodrow Wilson’s death, a natural time for meditations on his legacy. Once highly regarded, despite spending the last 18 months of his Presidency incapacitated by a stroke, no President suffered a more precipitous decline in reputation and esteem.

American Psycho

Donald Trump seems certain to secure nomination as the Republican candidate for the 2024 Presidential election, because rather than despite his crude attempts to overthrow the result of the last election and his manifest contempt for democratic norms and legal procedure.

Typhoon Trump

Republicans in Iowa have overwhelmingly backed Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination, perhaps because – rather than despite – Trump’s contempt for democracy and American political norms.