Donald Trump’s Iran war could hand Congress to the Democrats
As the conflict drags on, Democrats are sharpening their response. Read More Here
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Donald Trump returns for a second innings
Republican Donald Trump beat Democrat Kamala Harris in a sweeping win to return to the White House as the 47th President of the United States and become the country’s oldest elected leader after surviving two assassination attempts and several felony charges. Harris, who became the Democrat candidate after President Joe Biden stepped down from the […]
Bracing for Trump 2.0
His possible return inspires fear in America’s allies—and hope in its rivals. Read More Here
Present At The Disruption
The term “disruption” is in and of itself neither a compliment nor a criticism. Disruption can be desirable and even necessary if the status quo is incompatible with one’s interests and there is an alternative that is both advantageous and achievable. But disruption is anything but desirable if the status quo serves one’s interests (or […]
Trump’s Republican Base Is Wary Of India
The U.S. decision to remove India from the Generalized System of Preferences program last month, citing its lack of “equitable and reasonable” market access, was the toughest action of the Trump presidency against the country…Stronger measures against India by Congress and the president are indicative of a broader anxiety in the Republican Party that views India […]
The Only Responsible Choice Is A Democratic U.S. Congress
Since Donald Trump was sworn in as president in January 2017, he has put America’s democratic system under constant assault. The country has learned that, by itself, the Constitution is not enough to sustain effective and responsible government. This requires, in addition, norms of restraint and good conduct. The president hasn’t just neglected to abide […]
The Battle For Crazytown
One of the more striking features of the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign was the bipartisan opposition to Donald Trump from inside the foreign-policy establishment. Democrats opposed him for obvious partisan reasons, but hostility to Trump was even more vehement on the Republican side. Read Here – Foreign Policy
How Trump’s Election Shook Obama: ‘What If We Were Wrong?’
Riding in a motorcade in Lima, Peru, shortly after the 2016 election, President Barack Obama was struggling to understand Donald J. Trump’s victory. “What if we were wrong?” he asked aides riding with him in the armoured presidential limousine. Read Here – The New York Times
Where Is Barack Obama?
At a moment when many of his former voters believe that America is facing a genuine democratic crisis, former President Barack Obama has been largely silent about what is happening in American politics. Other than a handful of appearances—an interview with David Letterman in a new Netflix show, or an oral history project at MIT—he insists on […]
The Army Of Silicon Valley Activists Trying To Elect Democrats
In the wake of Trump’s election, signs of a grassroots activism in the tech industry have been everywhere: management-endorsed Googleplex protests; tech workers participating in their first political marches; executives from Tesla, Intel, and IBM leaving the president’s advisory councils. There’s also a growing realization that the most effective form of resistance is winning state […]
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