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 >
Trump
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 >
Mara Oliva at London POTUS Group
Yesterday evening (10/12/18), our very own Dr Mara Oliva gave a talk on Trump, the First Year in the White House: America in Retreat at a meeting of the London POTUS group…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 >
A Promise Unkept: Trump and the Border Wall with Mexico
By Professor Kevern Verney, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Edge Hill University Media images of Trump rallies for Republican candidates in the midterm congressional elections are commonplace. Addressing…Read More >
The Partisan Politics of the Franchise in the Age of Trump
by Richard Johnson, Lecturer in US Politics, Lancaster University A full analysis of American politics is incomplete without understanding that the United States has undergone a profound intensification in racially…Read More >
