Politics

“Turn the volume up”: New York City’s mayor-elect calls out Trump

“Turn the volume up”: New York City’s mayor-elect calls out Trump

It’s been a historic day in New York City as Zohran Mamdani become the first Muslim and youngest person in over a century to be elected mayor. The 34-year old has been quick to send a messag...

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The politics of institutional inoperability: An ontology of unenactable cooperation in East Asia through the case of the TCS

The politics of institutional inoperability: An ontology of unenactable cooperation in East Asia through the case of the TCS

USSC Non-Resident Fellow Dr Jooyeon Hong is author of this article published by the Journal of Northeast Asian Studies (JNAS). Abstract This paper theorizes the political dynamics of “institutiona...

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Remembering Dick Cheney | United States Studies Centre

Remembering Dick Cheney | United States Studies Centre

Thanks to Hollywood and his own gruff demeanour, former Vice President Dick Cheney is being remembered this week as the most powerful and controversial American Vice President in modern history. B...

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Why Trump pressed the nuclear weapons testing button

Why Trump pressed the nuclear weapons testing button

That the President is responding in this way to the deterioration in the regional security environment is another counter to the notion that he is an isolationist looking for any excuse to abandon...

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Trump’s summit success lifts trust in American alliances

Trump’s summit success lifts trust in American alliances

In the weeks before Donald Trump’s summit with Anthony Albanese and subsequent visits to Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo and Seoul, there were signs of deepening pessimism about the US across the region. The ...

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