World
The 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
A burst of grassroots support, a rush of donations, a new, surprise candidate sweeping into an election race crying out for some ‘stardust’. Could the US presidential election have echoes of New Zealand 2017?
As 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
It was billed as a make-or-break new conference, but the fact is Biden’s cognitive ability is now on the ballot in November and the Democrats need to ask their own make-or-break questions
The 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
The Israel-Hamas war asks us to balance atrocities, trade off kidnapped grandmothers with bombed babies. It’s a fool’s errand. We need to remember the humanity of our enemies
The 2022 mid-terms may be remembered as the moment when Americans finally breathed out, exhaling the Trump years. So what’s going on?
Upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II we can reflect on a life devoted to principles that are no longe popular, but which we need to learn to value again
A 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
New alliances are cropping up in the Pacific, but in whose interests? Are New Zealand and its partners willing to walk the walk required to achieve genuine peace and development or will we fail to learn lessons from elsewhere?
Today’s US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade is a lesson to non-American’s that abortion remains the deepest, most divisive, most defining issue in US politics. And its impact will be felt far beyond the realm of reproductive rights
Gas, geo-politics, the Crimean War, citizen solidarity, red line and the importance of coastlines… after 50 days of war in Ukraine let’s run through just some of the things we’ve learnt since Vladimir Putin went to war
The world’s united response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is giving Vladimir Putin pause and resetting geo-political calculations… not just in Moscow, but closer to home as well
President Joe Biden has declared the war in Afghanistan over, but the 20-year legacy of bitter fruit will remain on our tongues for many years yet. The price for America’s “little revenge” has been paid by us all and we will keep paying it
As the new podcast Red Line makes clear, China is changing before our eyes and New Zealand faces some increasingly stark, challenging, and maybe defining, choices
Joe Biden gave a message of unity in his inauguration speech and his swearing in shows a pendulum swing in US politics back to the establishment. But what does that mean?
Donald 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
Howl, 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
At 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…
Labour head in to their annual conference this weekend, and their Party members are likely to be feeling pretty confident about their chances of returning to Government in 2020.
However, it would be smart for them to keep their hubris in check by taking a quick trip across the ditch, where the Australian Labor Party (the ALP) thought they would too romp home at their election.
The 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
Donald 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?
Some seem keen to ignore the chaos on Venezuela, not least because Donald Trump has taken a stance against the dictator Nicolo Maduro. But that's a mistake and New Zealand's silence only lines us up again alongside Putin's Russia
Getting to know our Pacific neighbour is increasingly important if we want to take a meaningful role in our own regional backyard
Role play any potential United States action against North Korea and you soon see the limited choice they face. So what should the US do? What role can China play? And what's best for New Zealand?
Donald 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