A US withdrawal would be game over for the Paris Agreement, but there’s still hope for the climate.
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November 9 will likely become the day that the Paris Agreement died, but not when the goal of limiting warming to 2°C slipped out of reach.
Donald Trump’s fiscal policies will struggle to meet both his rhetoric and his supporters’ expectations.
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Trump’s trickle-down economic ideas to cut taxes and invest in infrastructure may not go to plan. So it’s not the type of fiscal policy leadership the world needs.
Donald Trump must now work with his new colleagues on Capitol Hill to deliver on his election commitments.
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Understandably, there is considerable global confusion, and some concern, as to just how Trump will govern.
Trumpisms at your fingertips.
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What can future politicians learn from the president-elect’s social media presence while on the campaign trail?
The final count.
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From undetected late swings, to pollster ‘herding’.
Michael Vadon
If we’re living in a ‘post-truth’ world, the press must take much of the blame.
President Barack Obama entering the Oval Office. Americans have not come to terms with deep racial fissures, despite electing a black president.
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Since the future is so uncertain, South Africa’s best response to Trump’s election is to learn the lessons of its causes.
Transferrable skills include ribbon cutting.
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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.
Donald Trump brings aggression into the US Presidency that threatens world stability.
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One of the messages coming out of Donald Trump’s victory is that his supporters are rejecting the tolerance and cosmopolitanism of the past 30 years.
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, The Fight Between Carnival and Lent.
Hillary Clinton failed to unleash the power of the meme.
Malcolm Turnbull is taking the approach of trying to get in early with the President-elect, while reassuring Australians the alliance with the United States remains safe.
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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.
That grassroots vibe.
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At first it seemed comical that such an unpolished campaign could win over American voters. No one’s laughing now.
Donald Trump descends the escalator at Trump Tower to announce he will run for president.
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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 victory threatens to unleash stronger prejudice against minorities.
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The United States under the leadership of Donald Trump is expected to pursue isolationist policies which could hurt Africa.
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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.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg announce plans to ratify the Paris climate deal, which could be severely weakened by a US change of heart.
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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.
Hillary Clinton concedes defeat flanked by her husband Bill Clinton and running mate Tim Kaine.
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The prospect of a Trump presidency does not bode well for women in general and feminism in particular.
Trump must know low-tech manufacturing jobs are not coming back to America.
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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.
Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the US presidential election defied almost all predictions.
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Swinburne political scientist Bryan Cranton looks at why so many experts got the US Election so wrong
A supporter of Hillary Clinton reacts as Australians watch the results of the U.S. presidential election at the University of Sydney, Australia.
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Scholars from the U.S., Ireland, Australia and France provide perspective on President-elect Donald Trump.