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
Oxycontin is the opium of the masses
19 Apr 2018
James Linney looks at the American opioid crisis and the cynical role played by big pharma
Strange road to Albania
12 Apr 2018
Yassamine Mather looks at the Mojahedin-e Khalq cult backed by Trump’s national security advisor
Trump, trade and the tech war
12 Apr 2018
With globalisation and growth on pause for a decade, Trump’s trade wars aim to keep the biggest US hi-tech and intellectual property companies on top, argues Michael Roberts
Triple alliance piles on pressure
05 Apr 2018
The threat of war could easily become the reality of war, warns Yassamine Mather
Attack on Iran could strengthen regime
29 Mar 2018
Trump’s appointment of John Bolton can only mean more confrontation with Iran, writes Yassamine Mather
Trump’s reality show
15 Mar 2018
North Korea’s nuclear strategy appears to have been vindicated, writes Eddie Ford
Negotiating with guns
08 Mar 2018
Donald Trump’s tariffs are about politics, not economic renaissance, argues Paul Demarty
Arms and the man
01 Mar 2018
The question of gun control is not as straightforward as it may appear, writes Mike Macnair
Earthquakes and H-bombs
08 Feb 2018
Paul Demarty reports on the heightening drama of US politics
Davos and the Donald
01 Feb 2018
Trump’s appearance saw him demand a change in the rules, says Michael Roberts
Counting the costs
01 Feb 2018
For all their anti-western slogans, there is nothing ‘radical’ in any of the Tehran regime factions, writes Yassamine Mather
Extending an ‘olive branch’
25 Jan 2018
What lies behind the incursion into Syria? Esen Uslu looks behind the headlines
Chuck Schumer’s long lunch
25 Jan 2018
It is the paralysis of rightwing Democrats which the three-day government shutdown exposes, not the White House, argues Paul Demarty
Is Trumpism the future?
18 Jan 2018
Yes, the US president is widely derided, writes Mike Macnair, but does he represent an alternative to the neoliberal ‘equalities’ agenda?
Fire in the hole
11 Jan 2018
Paul Demarty reviews Michael Wolff Fire and fury: inside the Trump White House (Little, Brown 2018) pp336, £14.99