Expert Comment
Bipartisan spending deal agreed to avoid US Government shutdown - expert comment
鈥淭he vote by the House and Senate to re-open the federal government and raise the federal debt ceiling are a rare example for bipartisanship in Washington... While this renews questions about the long-term fiscal sustainability of the United States, America just sent a powerful message that austerity is over.鈥� Dr. Georg L枚fflmann, Department of Politics and International Studies, comments on the bipartisan budget compromise.
鈥楶ro-regime鈥� fighters killed in air and artillery strikes on Syria by the US - expert comment
The US has carried out rare air strikes on Syrian pro-government forces after what it called an "unprovoked attack" on allied Kurdish and Arab fighters. Prof Richard Youngs, Dept of Politics & International Studies examines the situation.
Trump-Russia inquiry: President 'looking forward' to interview - expert comment
President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to be questioned under oath as part of an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Dr Trevor McCrisken, Dept. of Politics comments
Trump defends ‘beautiful’ Civil War statues - Expert comment
As Donald Trump denounces the removal of Confederate statues at the heart of a US race relations row Professor Tim Lockley reviews the statues origins
"Troubling, but unsurprising" - thoughts on Donald Trump's exit of the Paris climate deal
Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris Accord has dismayed many world leaders but the US president argues the accord "punished" the US and would cost millions of American jobs. Dr Eric Jensen, associate professor, Sociology, discusses