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Trump: two more views

Some more perspectives on what Trumpism is and where it is going.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 8 Comments 1 October 2025

Peace for Ukraine?

Trump talks of territorial gains for Ukraine, with the same capricious lack of seriousness he has shown all along.

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Charles Richardson Europe, United States, War and peace 7 Comments 26 September 202526 September 2025

South Korea balances between madmen

South Korea's new president wants good relations with all of his neighbors, but balancing their competing interests is not getting any easier.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Political issues, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 23 September 202520 February 2026

Coup plotters around the world

Brazil's former president is convicted of an attempted coup; similar charges are being brought in Romania, but the US's plotter remains at large.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Latin America, United States 3 Comments 18 September 202518 September 2025

Libertarianism for all

A former adversary realises that libertarianism holds some important truths for a troubled world.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, United States 1 Comment 8 September 2025

Liberals trapped in Trump’s embrace

Siding with Donald Trump didn't do the Liberal Party any good at this year's election and it's not helping it now.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 7 Comments 15 August 2025

War for Taiwan?

Australia should regard the defence of Taiwanese independence as a core interest. If that means agreeing with Donald Trump, so be it.

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Charles Richardson Australia, East Asia, Political issues, United States, War and peace 12 Comments 8 August 20258 August 2025

Condorcet and compromise

A visiting elections expert advocates a move to Condorcet voting. The problems with the idea are theoretical as well as practical.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, United States 8 Comments 31 July 202531 July 2025

Epstein? Seriously?

For all the things Donald Trump can be fairly attacked for, the one that has really upset his hard-core followers is his attempt to puncture one of their conspiracy theories.

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Charles Richardson Personalities, Political issues, United States 1 Comment 26 July 202526 July 2025

Trump loses patience

Donald Trump starts talking tough against Russia. What does it mean for the future of Ukraine?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Personalities, United States, War and peace 3 Comments 16 July 202518 July 2025

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