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An expert on American political rhetoric breaks down Donald Trump’s rhetorical prowess, pointing to the various techniques the candidate has mastered.
Thomas Jefferson would disagree with Trump’s call to bar one religious group from entering the country. But that’s not to say that Trump’s idea isn’t anything new in American history.
Donald Trump is Protestant, Bernie Sanders is Jewish and Ted Cruz is a Southern Baptist. But do such religious affiliations mean anything?
Trump is up – way up – in the polls, but he’s losing the endorsement game.
Winston Churchill famously suggested that: You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else. Speaking with his characteristic mix of the compassionate and cerebral…
If journalism is supposed to be a force for truth, accountability and enlightenment in the political process, then it appears to be failing on the biggest of stages.
Furious nativist radicals are on the march – but are they really all birds of a feather?
Two political scholars evaluate the fourth GOP debate. This round was more about the issues, and less about the moderators.
Was the latest GOP debate designed just to give candidates – and viewers – something to tweet about?
His poll numbers are tanking. He’s cutting staff. It’s time for Jeb to deliver – or go home.
Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina boast that their business experience would make them excellent presidents, yet their immigration policies fall short of the lessons from Business 101.
Trump is getting protective over his trademark ‘Make America Great Again’. But it might not be such a good idea.
The generation who grew up during the Cold War and came to age through the unrest of Vietnam and the civil rights movement still dominate American politics.
Globalization first became a bedrock of our vocabulary in the 1990s in the aftermath of the Cold War. Proponents of globalization then argued that everything would change – and for the better. There would…
Republicans in the US don’t have a monopoly on anti-immigrant rants. It’s bad in Europe, too.
In light of the newly ignited political debate about vaccines, here in one article are some of the highlights of our vaccines coverage.
Candidates beware! History suggests that book writing presidents are not necessarily the best presidents.
The angry right wing of American politics is mired in a swamp of outrage and victimhood. ‘Twas ever thus.
Beards are in. So why aren’t politicians following suit?
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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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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
