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Healthcare and public services

Expanding state private insurance partnership programs can help reduce public spending on long term care

May 14th, 2025
Elections and party politics across the US

The 2024 Elections: Joe Biden’s latest interview shows how America is at an inflection point

May 14th, 2025
Justice and Domestic Affairs

The pace of Trump’s executive orders during his first 100 days is a significant departure from his recent predecessors

May 13th, 2025
Book Reviews

Book Review | Conscience Incorporated

May 11th, 2025

Trump's second term

Justice and Domestic Affairs

The pace of Trump’s executive orders during his first 100 days is a significant departure from his recent predecessors

May 13th, 2025
Economy

Strategic patience is the smartest response to Trump’s tariffs

May 10th, 2025
Justice and Domestic Affairs

To avoid irrelevancy, the US Supreme Court must now speak with the full voice of its constitutional authority

May 8th, 2025

2025 Essay Competition

2025 Essay Competition

AI Essay Competition Runner up: Trump’s hunger for AI domination is allowing Silicon Valley to seize the state but not its people

March 18th, 2025
2025 Essay Competition

AI Essay Competition Runner up: The AI race: will the US lead or fall behind?

March 18th, 2025
2025 Essay Competition

AI Essay Competition Winner: AI in the US: The Next Space Race or the Next Subprime Crisis?

March 17th, 2025

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The 2024 Elections

Elections and party politics across the US

The 2024 Elections: Joe Biden’s latest interview shows how America is at an inflection point

May 14th, 2025
The 2024 Elections

The 2024 Elections: Why a media savvy British politician-ambassador may be just what the US-UK relationship needs

March 11th, 2025
Democracy and culture

The 2024 Elections: Emotional appeals through diversity and victimhood helped the reactionary right use TikTok to reshape its image

February 14th, 2025

Elections and party politics across the US

Elections and party politics across the US

The 2024 Elections: Joe Biden’s latest interview shows how America is at an inflection point

May 14th, 2025
Elections and party politics across the US

Senator Cory Booker got into some ‘good trouble’ and the consequences are still reverberating

April 10th, 2025
Elections and party politics across the US

Why we shouldn’t read too much into the Democrats’ Wisconsin Supreme Court win

April 2nd, 2025

Democracy and culture

Democracy and culture

Searching for meaning in Donald Trump’s rhetoric

May 7th, 2025
Democracy and culture

An important source of declassified materials for scholars of American diplomacy is now under threat

May 7th, 2025
Democracy and culture

The state of American democracy with Professor Michael Latner | The Ballpark podcast

May 6th, 2025

US foreign affairs and the North American neighbourhood

Economy

Strategic patience is the smartest response to Trump’s tariffs

May 10th, 2025
Democracy and culture

An important source of declassified materials for scholars of American diplomacy is now under threat

May 7th, 2025
Trump's second term

Why Trump 2.0 is unlikely to end the “Forever War” on terrorism

May 7th, 2025

The Ballpark podcast interviews

Democracy and culture

The state of American democracy with Professor Michael Latner | The Ballpark podcast

May 6th, 2025
Economy

The Origins of the US-China Chip War with Dr John Minnich | The Ballpark podcast

April 15th, 2025

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Democracy and culture

Cultivating Democracy with Professor Mukulika Banerjee | The Ballpark podcast

April 7th, 2025

Economy

Book Reviews

Book Review | Conscience Incorporated

May 11th, 2025
Economy

Strategic patience is the smartest response to Trump’s tariffs

May 10th, 2025
Economy

How to make Trump blink again

May 3rd, 2025

Event Reviews

Event Reviews

Is there a new Washington Consensus? – LSE Phelan US Centre Event Review

March 1st, 2025
Event Reviews

Leadership or Drift: What’s Next for US Foreign Policy? – LSE Phelan US Centre Event Review

February 8th, 2025
Elections and party politics across the US

The 2024 US election: turning point for America? – LSE Phelan Centre Event Review

November 16th, 2024

Environment

Book Reviews

Book Review | War, Data, and Ecology after Nonhuman Witnessing 

April 6th, 2025
Environment

Could Trump’s presidency boost EU-China climate cooperation?

March 22nd, 2025
Democracy and culture

Disaster assistance is increasingly a question of who deserves help and who doesn’t

February 28th, 2025

Urban, rural and regional policies

Democracy and culture

The 20-year road to REAL ID in America

May 2nd, 2025
Economy

For US coal workers, earnings losses from the decline of their industry have been large and lasting

April 28th, 2025
Urban, rural and regional policies

Local governments need to get the incentives right if they want citizens to engage with crowdsourcing platforms

January 29th, 2025

Justice and Domestic Affairs

Justice and Domestic Affairs

The pace of Trump’s executive orders during his first 100 days is a significant departure from his recent predecessors

May 13th, 2025
Justice and Domestic Affairs

To avoid irrelevancy, the US Supreme Court must now speak with the full voice of its constitutional authority

May 8th, 2025
Democracy and culture

Trump’s defiance of the courts shows how foreign policy can enable an imperial presidency

April 30th, 2025
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