by Darius Wainwright. Originally published on University of Southern California, Centre on Public Diplomacy website President Donald Trump’s November 2018 announcement that the U.S. will reimpose sanctions on Iran resulted…Read More >
Blogs
U.S-Iran Relations 40 Years After the Founding of the Islamic Republic
by Darius Wainwright, University of Reading 1 April 2019 marks 40 years since the Islamic Republic of Iran was established. Its founding stemmed from the 1979 Iranian Revolution, where the…Read More >
Congress to Campus
Well what a fascinating afternoon it was for the Monroe Group and fellow staff and students at the University of Reading! Today we welcomed two former US Congress Members to…Read More >
Is US withdrawal from the INF treaty a good idea? Or is it merely Trumpian pique?
by Joseph O’Mahoney, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Reading Donald Trump announced in October 2018 that he was planning to terminate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)…Read More >
Arctic cold war: climate change has ignited a new polar power struggle
This blog is written by Mara Oliva, originally published on The Conservation Climate change is redrawing the Arctic geopolitical map. Rising temperatures are causing permafrost and sea ice in the Arctic…Read More >
Photographing Donald Trump
by Paul Hennessy, editorial and documentary photographer, Orlando. The images in this blog are all photographs taken by Paul. I am an Orlando, Florida-based photographer whose photo of President Donald…Read More >
The Comedy of Errors: Trump’s China (or lack of) Policy
by Dr Mara Oliva, lecturer in modern American history, University of Reading In the final chapter of the Trump Presidency: from Campaign Trail to World Stage, I looked at Sino-American…Read More >
Division at Home – Continuity Abroad?
by Dr Maria Ryan, Assistant Professor of American History, University of Nottingham It has become a truism to say that Donald Trump’s political style is incendiary and divisive. While Trump…Read More >
Why November 6th could mark the beginning of the end of Donald Trump’s presidency
by Mark Shanahan, originally published on LSE US Centre “I’m not on the ticket. But Congress is on the ticket and I try and tell my people: ‘that’s the same…Read More >
(Still) Raging Against the Machine
by Clodagh Harrington, Senior Lecturer in American Politics, De Montfort University The #MeToo Movement celebrated its first birthday in October 2018. One year earlier, the hashtag went viral on social…Read More >
