The Trumpification of the US media: why chasing news values distorts politics
Mar 10, 2016 23:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Outside the US, the prospect of Donald Trump being elected president is typically met with a mixture of amusement and alarm. After all, how can a billionaire reality TV star become the most powerful leader in the world...
Andrew Jackson: Donald Trump's presidential forefather
Mar 10, 2016 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
To the horror of the mainstream Republican Party, Donald Trump is the frontrunner for its nomination in the 2016 presidential contest. To listen to the panicked, baffled tone of the coverage, you might think that nothing...
Poll trend to Labor continues; Trump, Cruz battle for Republican nomination
Mar 10, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This weeks 50-50 Newspoll showed that last fortnights Newspoll was no fluke, and we also now have a 50-50 from Essential. Morgan is at 53-47 to the Coalition, but Labors primary vote of only 29.5% in Morgan seems far too...
Why March 15 will be make or break for the presidential candidates
Mar 09, 2016 22:24 pm UTC| Politics
The strangest and most volatile presidential race in modern history got even more unpredictable on Tuesday night. On the Republican side, Donald Trump overcame a relentless wave of establishment attacks to win...
Donald trumping all in the Republican race is only possible thanks to an undemocratic system
Mar 09, 2016 22:06 pm UTC| Politics
Donald Trump continued his winning form in the Republican presidential primaries on Wednesday. He won primaries in Mississippi and Michigan, and the Hawaii caucus, to go with the swag of states he won on Super...
Trump's campaign rhetoric, ISIS and the law of war
Mar 09, 2016 14:11 pm UTC| Politics Law
As a retired military officer, I do not publicly endorse candidates. But as someone who served as a judge advocate, or military lawyer, for 34 years, I do think it can be helpful to examine in a nonpartisan way the...
With Michigan triumph, Sanders proves the US need not settle for the 'inevitable'
Mar 09, 2016 13:57 pm UTC| Politics
Bernie Sanderss victory in the Michigan presidential primary has stunned Americas political establishment. He not only defied the polls, which had put him behind by as much as 20 points, but he has also changed the race by...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight