Donald Trump has never held public office, but executive and global leadership are wholly interlinked so business offers some important lessons for the president-elect.
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Hillary Clinton failed to unleash the power of the meme.
During the election campaign the University of Canberra’s focus group in the seat of Indi was asked who’d be the better prime minister to deal with a possible Trump presidency.
At first it seemed comical that such an unpolished campaign could win over American voters. No one’s laughing now.
Your victory, Mr Trump, is and always will be remembered as the best possible example of the true and incomparable wisdom of the people.
Trump’s promises to build a wall have caused anxiety in Mexico – but the country has its own conflicting policies on migration from Central America.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced plans to ratify the Paris climate agreement, a day after US participation in the treaty was thrown into dought by Donald Trump’s election victory.
The prospect of a Trump presidency does not bode well for women in general and feminism in particular.
Many of the US’s current and mooted free trade negotiations are now dead in the water, but that doesn’t mean it’s game over for free trade.
Climate change isn’t just an environmental problem. It is one of the fundamental economic challenges of this century.
Scholars from the U.S., Ireland, Australia and France provide perspective on President-elect Donald Trump.
Thanks to voters ignoring Big Tobacco, California may be the first smoke free society. Here’s how it happened.
The president-elect has made some worrying noises on a range of issues, and from Australia’s perspective the most worrying of all is the relationship with China.
People around the world were shocked when Hillary Clinton, ahead in many polls, didn’t end up the U.S.‘ president-elect. But that doesn’t mean the polls themselves were wrong.
The world braces for Donald Trump’s brand of` trade protectionism, which will send shockwaves through the global economy.
Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail was toxic. His victory means women will suffer the fallout.
At this time, researchers cannot prove a direct relationship. But social learning theory shows that people learn from one another, via observation, imitation and modeling.
A good concession speech will use what rhetorical scholars call ‘transcendent rhetoric,’ which emphasizes conciliatory, unifying language.
Where problems arose, voting was generally able to keep going smoothly. But those failures serve as a warning of how bad things could get if we don’t replace our voting machines soon.
In the heat of the moment, there can be a temptation to overstate the importance of events. But Trump’s election marks the end of an era. Asia’s international politics have entered uncharted waters.
Top contributors
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Professor of Law, Drake 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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Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Associate, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
