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United States Politics and Policy

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Elections and party politics across the US

Zohran Mamdani has found a way to combine the politics of the street with the politics of the ballot box

July 17th, 2025

The Ballpark podcast interviews

Deemphasizing Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear Deterrence with Dr Lauren Sukin | The Ballpark podcast

July 14th, 2025

Book Reviews

Book Review | The Lure of Economic Nationalism

July 13th, 2025

Democracy and culture

The return of domestic servants – thanks to AI and automation

July 12th, 2025

Trump's second term

The 2026 Midterms

The 2026 Midterms: Trump’s betting his Big, Beautiful Bill will mean electoral success for the Republican Party

July 8th, 2025

Democracy and culture

The Make America Healthy Again report shows how AI can undermine the US Official Record, and democracy

July 3rd, 2025

Education

Attacks on the Fulbright Program will undermine US intellectual and cultural collaboration overseas

July 2nd, 2025

The 2026 Midterms

Elections and party politics across the US

The 2026 Midterms: Virginia’s off-year election will show where the parties stand ahead of the midterms

July 10th, 2025

The 2026 Midterms

The 2026 Midterms: Trump’s betting his Big, Beautiful Bill will mean electoral success for the Republican Party

July 8th, 2025

Elections and party politics across the US

The 2026 Midterms: Michigan’s Senate race could go down to the wire – again

June 19th, 2025

Elections and party politics across the US

Zohran Mamdani has found a way to combine the politics of the street with the politics of the ballot box

July 17th, 2025

Elections and party politics across the US

The 2026 Midterms: Virginia’s off-year election will show where the parties stand ahead of the midterms

July 10th, 2025

Democracy and culture

Latinos aren’t just turning away from the Democrats – they’re becoming more politically disengaged

June 23rd, 2025

Democracy and culture

The return of domestic servants – thanks to AI and automation

July 12th, 2025

Democracy and culture

The Take It Down Act shows the fragmentation of policies addressing deepfakes and generative AI

July 10th, 2025

Democracy and culture

Why is Elon Musk starting the America Party? What social science tells us about why billionaires run for office

July 7th, 2025

US foreign affairs and the North American neighbourhood

The Ballpark podcast interviews

Deemphasizing Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear Deterrence with Dr Lauren Sukin | The Ballpark podcast

July 14th, 2025

US foreign affairs and the North American neighbourhood

Following US strikes, questions remain over Iran’s nuclear latency

July 1st, 2025

Trump's second term

After years of calling for an end to forever wars, Trump’s Iran strikes are splitting his supporters over America’s role in the world

June 27th, 2025

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

The Ballpark podcast interviews

Deemphasizing Nuclear Weapons in Nuclear Deterrence with Dr Lauren Sukin | The Ballpark podcast

July 14th, 2025

The Ballpark podcast interviews

The US-China AI race with Professor Angela Zhang | The Ballpark podcast

June 30th, 2025

The Ballpark podcast interviews

The US and India–Pakistan tensions with Lisa Curtis | The Ballpark podcast

June 19th, 2025

Economy

Book Reviews

Book Review | The Lure of Economic Nationalism

July 13th, 2025

Democracy and culture

The return of domestic servants – thanks to AI and automation

July 12th, 2025

Book Reviews

Book Review | Equality: What It Means and Why It Matters

July 6th, 2025

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 | Growth: A Reckoning

June 15th, 2025

Book Reviews

Book Review | Extractive Capitalism

May 25th, 2025

Environment

States with existing renewable energy policies are more likely to promote the equitable adoption of rooftop solar power

May 21st, 2025

Urban, rural and regional policies

Local boards are critical for communities, but they underrepresent women and people of color

June 30th, 2025

Urban, rural and regional policies

How zines can share knowledge about shrinking domesticity

June 6th, 2025

Urban, rural and regional policies

Well-established New York City neighborhoods were more likely to embrace and enforce measures to prevent COVID-19

May 23rd, 2025

Justice and Domestic Affairs

Healthcare and public services

Under the banner of “protecting girls”, anti-transgender legislation continues to progress in state legislatures

July 4th, 2025

Justice and Domestic Affairs

Democratic policymakers increasingly support reparations commissions, but are they more than a symbolic gesture?

June 16th, 2025

Justice and Domestic Affairs

Legislators who descend from immigrants historically supported more permissive immigration policies

June 12th, 2025

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