Three weeks after Americans went to the polls, the morass of conspiracy theories and disinformation surrounding the election and its results continues to grow. Although the US is half a world away, Australians don’t have …
The Strategist on: "US election 2020"
Donald Trump’s mulish refusal to accept defeat in the US presidential election is alarming observers of American politics. Their concerns are heightened by public demonstrations supporting Trump’s demagogic populism, his reactionary political attitudes, and his …
On 10 November, a journalist with the right-wing news network One America News (OAN) tweeted the unsubstantiated claim that voting technology used in Michigan and Georgia had ‘glitched’ for Joe Biden. Her tweet was retweeted …
In the end, the result didn’t come as quickly or definitively as many wanted, and as the nation deserved. President Donald Trump and his remaining sycophants are still clinging to fading fantasies about fake ballots …
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has lost no time pivoting to the incoming US administration, declaring he hopes US President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will visit Australia for next year’s 70th anniversary of ANZUS. …
Plenty of commentary and analysis has said what’s at stake in the contest between US President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Speculation about US policy approaches to vexed issues that Australia has deep …
Donald Trump looks to be heading for defeat tomorrow if national polling averages that are giving Biden an 8- to 10-point lead hold. But the president is still competitive. This is partly due to the …
Beyond the major headlines surrounding the US presidential election, a little-noticed development is attracting attention both in India and among American campaign strategists. The rising influence of the Indian-American community in the United States—though barely …
With the US presidential election drawing to a close, everyone, it seems, is absorbing the lessons from the surprising 2016 contest. Pollsters, largely blamed for failing to foresee President Donald Trump’s stunning victory last time, …
For China, at least, US President Donald Trump is the gift that keeps on giving. His calamitous response to the Covid-19 pandemic has made China, whose government mishandled the initial outbreak in January, look like …
A major priority of whoever wins the US presidential election will be to set or reset relations with Iran. Whichever way it goes, the result will have huge implications for regional security. For both Donald …
Washington’s approach to the Indo-Pacific will change over the next four years, regardless of the outcome of the November election. The only questions are how and how much. The first term of President Donald Trump, …