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Former US vice-president Joe Biden speaking in Mexico City in February 2016 after a meeting with then Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto. Photo: Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Will Joe Biden 'speak softly' or 'carry a big stick'?

United States • 23 Oct

"The staging on the Truman balcony of Trump's visible vitality was a visual reminder for many commentators of Mussolini's balcony addresses"

Is Donald Trump really a strongman leader?

US Election 2020 • 22 Oct

The fight over "socialized medicine" began long before Donald Trump and Joe Biden squared up.

How Operation Coffee Cup undermined US universal healthcare

US Election 2020 • 20 Oct

Research has found that voter fraud in the United States is "very rare", but Donald Trump thinks otherwise

Who monitors the US presidential election?

Elections • 15 Oct

US president Donald Trump checks into the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for Covid-19 treatment

How the United States lost the plot over Covid-19

United States • 05 Oct

"If he gets a bad dose, he will look every bit and more of his 74 years"

How will Trump's Covid diagnosis affect the election outcome?

US presidential election • 02 Oct

"Votes obviously matter when it comes to determining who wins a presidential election contest, but where you win those votes is also important"

The 10 swing states that will decide the US presidential election

US election 2020 • 04 Sep

Donald Trump: "it's likely there will be more claims of religious liberty under threat and more merging of religion with issues such as gun control, abortion and economic policy."

Why does Donald Trump still appeal to so many evangelicals?

US election 2020 • 26 Aug

When two tribes go to war: US president Donald Trump with Chinese president Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Osaka in June 2019. Photo: Getty Images

Are China and the US on the brink of a Cold War?

Politics • 17 Jul

"An applicant from a safe country must show serious grounds for considering that the country is not safe in his or her particular circumstances"

Would African-Americans be granted refugee status in Ireland?

Part of a memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis. Photo: Getty Images

America's historical problem with racism

Racism • 15 Jun

"In the partisan's mind, Trump's rhetoric is a license to lash out at the enemy."

Can Trump's partisan base really help him win again in November?

United States • 13 May

US vice-president Mike Pence meets troops at Shannon airport in January 2020

The problem with Shannon airport's contentious US visitors

Shannon Airport • 11 Mar

Bernie Sanders: "is America ready for "democratic socialism", however loosely defined?"

Does Bernie Sanders have what it takes to beat Donald Trump?

2020 US Presidential Election • 03 Mar

"Like Ireland, the US population, wealth, opportunity and political power is concentrated in a relatively small number of urban areas"

What can Ireland learn from the mess America finds itself in?

United States • 17 Jan

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attend the funeral ceremony of Qasem Soleimani. Photo: Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout

What the latest Iranian crisis means for global politics

Iran • 07 Jan

Next stop: the US Senate

An impeachment explainer - what happens next?

United States • 19 Dec 19

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president Donald Trump meet at the White House in March 2018. Photo: AP

US policy change on Israeli settlements makes peace more remote

Israel • 29 Nov 19

HEY KID! DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TOXIC TRIANGLE? Photo: Mike Theiler/AFP/Getty Images

Donald Trump and the toxic triangle

United States • 06 Nov 19

Turkey's incursion into and attack on northern Syria have major implications for the entire area

What does Turkey's attack on Syria mean for the key players?

Syria • 11 Oct 19

An Iranian patrol in the Strait of Hormuz in July

The road to a possible war between the US and Iran

Middle East • 18 Sep 19

Irish Ambassador to the United States William Fay pins shamrocks on Richard Nixon's lapel on St Patrick's Day 1969 during an event at the White House in Washington. Photo: AP/US Embassy Dublin

What Ireland's man in America saw during the events of 1969

History • 03 Sep 19

A presidential grip-and-grimace: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping frown for the cameras

Behind the US and China's conscious economic decoupling

Business • 02 Aug 19

Ivanka Trump: "If she ever wanted to run for president", the current US president said, "I think she'd be very, very hard to beat."

The problem with Ivanka

Ivanka Trump • 27 Sep 19

An anti-US wall painting in a street in Tehran in July 2018. Photo: EPA

Is war inevitable between the US and Iran?

Middle East • 28 May 19

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