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
Explosive contradictions
23 Feb 2020
Daniel Lazare looks at America’s primitive constitution, the Sanders surge and asks ... ‘what if’.
Stronger than ever
09 Feb 2020
While it is good that Trump was acquitted, writes Daniel Lazare, the slide into authoritarianism is now set to continue.
America, the robotic
24 Jan 2020
Daniel Lazare examines the role of a reactionary constitution in the battle over Trump’s impeachment.
Russia, Russia, Russia …
12 Dec 2019
The Democrats’ campaign for Trump’s impeachment is a symptom of a sea change, writes Daniel Lazare.
Most dangerous woman in America?
28 Nov 2019
Daniel Lazare considers the role of Fiona Hill in the anti-Trump impeachment campaign.
Where is Boris going?
10 Oct 2019
America is changing, so Britain’s relationship with America must change, Paul Demarty investigates.
Looking for foreign success
05 Sep 2019
Yassamine Mather asks what effect the presidential campaign will have on US relations with the Islamic Republic.
We need a game plan
16 Aug 2019
Protest politics always reach their limits and eventually fizzle out, argues Paul Demarty.
Profits on the fall
02 Aug 2019
The US officially admits its figures for the last three years were wrong. Michael Roberts comments on the revisions.
From golden age to age of austerity
02 Aug 2019
Trump’s trade war with China and Brexit poses major challenges to globalised capital, argues Yassamine Mather. This article is based on a recent talk given to Cambridge University Persian Society.
Another day, another tirade
25 Jul 2019
Democrat establishment joins Trump in attacking the ‘squad’ as a ‘bunch of communists’, reports Peter Moody
G20 and trade war
04 Jul 2019
Osaka saw a truce between the US and China. But the trade war will break out again. This is a struggle for global supremacy and, reckons Michael Roberts, the odds are that China will win
Flop of the century
04 Jul 2019
Donald Trump’s attempts to manufacture ‘good news’ in the Middle East have so far been a dismal failure, writes Yassamine Mather
Threats must be taken seriously
20 Jun 2019
Yassamine Mather looks at the US-Iran conflict against the background of Donald Trump’s contradictory pronouncements
Stepping up the threats
23 May 2019
Trump is garnering support for his crusade against Iran, but there is widespread opposition too, reports Yassamine Mather