We haven’t had a major government ethics scandal since Watergate, which means Americans have forgotten how bad it can be. That’s why Trump may end up accidentally reminding us.
An historian based in Poland sees many similarities between Trump and authoritarian nationalists like Poland’s Jarosław Kaczyński. But the parallels only go so far.
The Trump Administration is likely to be more aggressive about resisting China in the South China Sea and more forceful about preventing the erosion of America’s position in the western Pacific.
The next American administration will have to choose between following Barack Obama’s reform course or relaunching the war on drugs, nationally and internationally.
Xi Jinping is the first Chinese leader to attend the World Economic Forum and used his speech to denounce protectionism. But China’s trade liberalisation has stalled recently.
There is an era that lends itself rather closer than the tired Nazi comparisons of Donald Trump. And it may have a far more useful message for us today.
Conservatives have been very successful framing a compelling narrative about who they are and what they stand for. Progressives will have a tough four years if they don’t do the same.
As commander-in-chief, Trump will have a major impact in upholding the U.S. military’s honor and ethics. A scholar at the U.S. Naval Academy considers if he is up to the task.
If US Rep. Ryan Zinke of Montana is confirmed as interior secretary, he will face difficult choices about balancing extractive activities like energy production with conservation on public lands.
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