USA
China, America and the Kindleberger Trap
China is filling the void of retreating American influence
A double American Awakening
Katrina Gulliver delves into two new publications entitled ‘American Awakening’, and discovers that one is an exhortation, the other an ironic description of the current process of politics and society
Are American universities under foreign control?
Paul du Quenoy reveals the unreported foreign investment in US universities
In defence of conspiracy theories
Daniel Miller says conspiracy theories should be treated and judged like any theory
Hail to the Chief (Part III)
Graham Stewart talks to Jeremy Black about how the power of the US president was exercised in the first half of the twentieth century, from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR
Are conservatives losing?
Conservative parties may be good at winning elections but have they lost the argument?
The invention of the Trump-Russia conspiracy
New revelations implicate Hillary Clinton, Russian spies, and a British muckraker
Power plays
The Western powers should beware making belligerent threats they cannot back up
Would America be better with an NHS or Biden’s Medicaid plan?
Biden’s proposals will not lower the cost of American healthcare
Moral crusade – or extremist front?
Thousands have marched for Black Lives Matter without realising the movement’s revolutionary aims