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Category: United States
Lessons for Taiwan
A planned visit by Nancy Pelosi has again raised the question of Taiwan's future, and of what lessons can be learned from the invasion of Ukraine.
Fixing American elections, revisited
Reform of the US Electoral Count Act has advanced on the agenda, but progress is by no means assured.
Trump and the Tea Party
Donald Trump's obsession with his election loss is not just personal; it draws on demons in the Republican Party's soul.
Gerrymanders for all
The US supreme court may have another controversial decision up its sleeve for later this year, making it even harder to stop elections being manipulated.
Gorsuch goes rogue again
At the end of a controversial term, a US supreme court decision shows unusual acrimony within the conservative camp.
America battles over choice
The US supreme court's decision to overturn its precedents on abortion has thrown the issue into the political arena as never before. The search for a compromise is unlikely to succeed.
Watergate at fifty
Fifty years on from the beginning of the Watergate cover-up, the United States again confronts the question of liability for presidential criminality.
Libertarians against freedom
In an eerie parallel to what has already happened to the Republican Party, America's Libertarian Party falls into the hands of the enemies of liberty.
Peace or victory?
The only route to a sustainable peace in Ukraine is Ukrainian military victory.