The Democratic Party has flipped the House and the Senate. While there are still votes left to be counted and races yet to be determined, the Democrats’ victory is unambiguously big –
In 54 BC, Marcus Licinius Crassus, a rich, ambitious Roman businessman, got himself named governor of the wealthy province of Syria. Crassus had been sharing power in Rome with Pompey and Julius Caesar.
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We’ve seen an uproar since it’s become apparent that the US has given Ukraine permission to launch long-range strikes deep inside Russia. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, Moscow’s unequivocal warnings
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As I wrote in my most recent book, “The Storm Before the Calm,” we tend to use presidencies as benchmarks to help us locate where we are in time, but it would
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Where does Trump’s victory leave (whatever remains of) the left? In 1922, when the Bolsheviks had to retreat into the “New Economic Policy” of allowing a much greater degree of market economy
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US President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to form his proposed new administration. His team is better prepared to take power than it was in 2016 – when neither the candidate himself
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The Wall Street journal, which has a track record of spreading irascible scepticism over Donald Trump’s credentials for re-election as US president, has come out with yet another sensational story that Congressman
More Black Americans across the United States have reportedly received offensive anonymous messages following Donald Trump’s election victory, according to Reuters. The messages, which appear to mockingly reference slavery, instruct recipients to report
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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State, according to multiple sources familiar with the decision. This move is seen as a victory for
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INTRODUCTION Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election victory marks the beginning of another roller-coaster ride in U.S. foreign policy. The president-elect is poised to bring back the hallmarks of his first term:
More One great paradox of our era is that the robustness of American democracy has come to be measured in coffee spoons in terms of the country’s archaic system of electoral college votes.
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A pair of quotes, separated by eight years, spotlight a chronic political mentality at the top of the Democratic Party: “The path to victory in a state like Michigan, Harris campaign officials
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There are a growing number of reports on what the forthcoming Trump administration will do domestically and what policy approach it will have globally. There have been a number of comments, some of them
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“Promises Made; Promises Kept” ~ President Elect Donald Trump in his Victory Speech, 6 November 2024. What Happened in 2024? It’s all over. One of the most contentious and unpredictable election campaigns
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Former President Donald Trump is on the precipice of defeating Vice President Kamala Harris after early and decisive wins in North Carolina, Georgia, and the 2024 electoral prize of Pennsylvania. Trump’s win in Pennsylvania essentially prevents
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Republican candidate Donald Trump appears set to reclaim the presidency, with the New York Times projecting an 89% likelihood of victory based on ongoing vote counts. Trump is expected to secure around
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