Donald Trump
Christopher Luxon has spent two days misspeaking his way through the nuanced world of foreign affairs, but in doing so stumbled upon a key question surrounding the bombings of Iran - what limits are there when the powerful will go to ‘any’ lengths?
Read MoreUS foreign policy, especially in Latin America, has often been at the point of a gun. But the Trump Doctrine is going places previous US administrations haven’t. Let’s not miss what’s new
Read MoreWhat can Econ101 tell us about Trump’s tariffs?
Read MoreA look at Donald Trump’s seismic foreign policy shifts and what America’s controversial vote at the United Nations alongside ‘strongman’ nations means for New Zealand
Read MoreDonald Trump’s comeback is an historic achievement that re-writes the laws of politics and sets the United States on a new course it hasn’t seen for generations and that will test the guardrails of democracy
Read MoreThe polls say economics is the #1 issue for Americans but the debate seems to be a culture war for the soul of the United States. Thing is, they’re all different sides of the same anger and there’s data to prove it
Read MoreAs we unite to condemn the shooting at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania, can we honestly say we’re shocked? But perhaps this event could serve to unite a bitterly divided America behind a more peaceful path
Read MoreThe opening presidential debate of 2024 was like no other. This was an awful debate of lies and incoherence, dangerously far from the policy battles of only years ago; a debate of golf swings and porn starts rather than issues
Read MoreThe 2022 mid-terms may be remembered as the moment when Americans finally breathed out, exhaling the Trump years. So what’s going on?
Read MoreA stunning day of testimony at the January 6 committee hearings in Washington DC has corroborated the key, but under-reported, part of Cassidy Hutchinson’s damning evidence against Donald Trump
Read MoreDonald Trump’s historic second impeachment could be merely a note to later historians as to how awful this term has been or it could be the start of healing. But either way, Trump’s place in history will now largely be decided by Joe Biden
Read MoreHowl, howl, howl, howl. As rioters storm the Capitol, we see the madness at the heart of the Donald Trump era. He is now Shakespeare’s King Lear - raging but impotent as America turns the page
Read MoreA seminal paper on ecology, media and attention spans offers insight into just how Covid-19 might yet just ‘go away’… at least, in a political sense. By Sonia Mazey and Jeremy Richardson
Read MoreAt a time of great division Abraham Lincoln was able to look for unity. Yet it’s hard to see candidates for the US presidency trying to rise above the polarised moment and show the same sort of leadership. But there was a sign tonight…
Read MoreThe impeachment hearings have fractured the Republicans’ defence of Donald Trump, but their second position that presidential quid pro quos are no big deal ignore one important difference about this president
Read MoreOver-reach is a common crime in politics and business. But a day of reckoning always comes, as leaders in this country and some of the world’s biggest powers are discovering to their cost
Read MoreWhen something wicked this way comes, what do you do? I hope in time we can make space for study and understanding. Let's find the courage to look at where the hate came from and counter it with facts and truth as well as compassion.
Read MoreDonald Trump is being backed into a corner politically and legally, with the Mueller investigation expected soon. How far will he go and can America's famed checks and balances withstand the coming storm?
Read MoreWhat advice does Trump’s book give to the current President of the United Sates?
Read MoreThe open letter to Jacinda Ardern to show some spine over alleged crimes against Anne-Marie Brady feels vital in the face of a less than urgent response thus far. The professor was only a mechanic away from being another Jamal Khashoggi or Fernando Pereira
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