Imperialism & War > United States
Nato paralysis and US decline
17 Jun 2011
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley
Trump’s big win
03 Dec 2020
Joe Biden himself was a target when it came to the decision to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist, writes Daniel Lazare
Back to the deal?
26 Nov 2020
Yassamine Mather looks at the likely developments with Biden in the White House
End in sight
26 Nov 2020
The wheels have fallen off Trump’s attempt to steal the election. Daniel Lazare grapples with the unwillingness of the GOP to move towards dictatorship and mass repression
Decline and decay
26 Nov 2020
Gridlock domestically, economic stagnation and rebalancing abroad. Mike Macnair assesses the situation following the elections. This article is based on an opening given to the November 15 aggregate of CPGB and Labour Party Marxists members
American crisis mounts
19 Nov 2020
The current fraught situation highlights the huge breakdown that is in the offing, argues Daniel Lazare
New returns to a failed old
12 Nov 2020
Yassamine Mather assesses the likely effects of a Biden presidency on a region that has suffered from repeated US acts of subversion and aggression
Pivot back to Europe
12 Nov 2020
James Harvey asks what a Biden presidency might mean for relations with Boris Johnson’s Britain
Washington wars intensify
12 Nov 2020
Will Trump be able to overrule ‘democracy’? It is far from impossible, writes Daniel Lazare
Pyrrhic victory over populism
12 Nov 2020
However clownish Donald Trump is in defeat, a far-right resurgence is on the cards, reckons Paul Demarty
Bidenomics: boom or bust?
05 Nov 2020
What will a Democrat victory mean for the US economy? Michael Roberts sees little room for optimism
At breaking point
05 Nov 2020
With Republicans and Democrats fighting over the few remaining state delegates and threats of appeals to the Supreme Court, Daniel Lazare predicts that the constitutional crisis can only get worse
Mutual collapse
29 Oct 2020
Whoever wins on November 3, writes Daniel Lazare, the downhill slide looks set to continue
No end in sight
29 Oct 2020
Will a Biden victory break the far-right wave? Paul Demarty thinks the Covid-19 economic downturn will fuel irrationality
Covid-19 set to destroy Trump?
22 Oct 2020
Daniel Lazare says the excess deaths are not only down to the president’s incompetence
More Russia wars
15 Oct 2020
The US political crisis cannot be reduced to a single party or individual, writes Daniel Lazare