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An analysis of social media troll activity during the 2016 election campaign shows that exposure to Russian propaganda may have helped change American minds in favor of Republican candidate Trump.
US President Donald Trump stole the show over the weekend with seeming breakthroughs on the China trade war and North Korea. Disaster has been averted, but for how long?
When faced with US rejection of international criminal justice, today’s supporters of the ICC often invoke the country’s Nuremberrg leadership. However, this notion is based on a distorted image of the 1945-46 trials.
The president’s policy achievements are distinctly ordinary, for a Republican, and his limited record may offer a good line of attack for opponents.
The problems facing America are unrestrained capitalism and corruption, said the Democratic presidential candidates over two nights of debates. Or was that really Teddy Roosevelt speaking?
We are, as Snyder is urgently reminding us, perilously close to the edge of the fascist cliff
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving her job, and two media scholars reflect on the career of the very first press secretary – a model of openness who respected news reporters.
Walls needn’t be impenetrable to divide people, as Cuba’s Trocha made all too clear.
Presidents Xi and Trump agreed to restart trade talks at the G-20, but even if a major deal is reached, US companies would still have a very hard time doing business in China.
The world watches to see if this weekend’s summit is a constructive occasion in an evolving, and messy, trade war, or a wasted opportunity.
Donald Trump stepped back from launching US airstrikes inside Iran, but the conflict is unabated and there appears to be no way out of confrontation for now.
Trump believes the money Americans spend on Chinese imports like the iPhone goes straight into China’s pockets. In reality, China gets very little value from it.
Relentless coverage of China’s political system, allegations of interference in Australia’s politics, and its poor relations with neighbours have led to Australian attitudes towards China.
The ‘bad boy’ of 1980s US fiction is back with his first foray into non-fiction. As you’d expect, he’s still courting controversy.
Donald Trump says trade wars are easy to win. Is he right?
If the US military were a country, its carbon emissions would rank between that of Peru and Portugal.
President Trump has discussed firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell over the central bank’s interest rate policies. Research shows this kind of political meddling is usually bad for the economy.
Washington’s reimposition of harsh sanctions against Iran is one of the Trump administration’s most irresponsible acts.
How do we reconcile the daily racism that Black people face in our country with our public expressions of multicultural pride?
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
