Trump has lost the Iran war, but how badly?

While all the effects of this conflict may take time to fully realise, short and medium-term signs expose the limits of US power and see America's rivals benefiting

Christopher Phillips

U.S. Africa Policy Needs a Reset 

Early in his administration,U.S.PresidentDonald Trumpseemed poised to make major changes toU.S.policy toward Africa. His signature "America first" approach was inherently skeptical of foreign…

John Campbell

Boris Johnson Charts his Own Course

In the first six months of the coronavirus pandemic Boris Johnsonclaimed his government was “following the science” at every step of its plan. But as the virus resurges and asecond wave of…

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The Coronavirus Election

Amid the tumult of coronavirus, the US presidential election is looming ever closer.When a global pandemic sickens more than 6 million Americans and kills over 210,000, its ripples -- economic,…

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Joe Biden: The Long Arc of his Political Career  

Long before reaching one of the highest political offices in the nation, Biden — born on November 20, 1942 — grew up in the blue-collar city of Scranton in northeast Pennsylvania…

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