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"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 20

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 20

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

Will it be all smiles in June?

The politics of a céad míle fáilte for visiting dignitaries

Politics • 24 May 19

"Trump's thoughts, tariffs, and tweets affect global economies, societies and sensibilities"

The global aspects of an Irish protest against Donald Trump

Donald Trump • 22 May 19

"What exactly makes AOC unique?" Photo: Getty Images

There's something about AOC

Politics • 05 Apr 19

Graffiti protesting against US drone strikes in Yemen. Photo: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

How US drone strikes still bring death and destruction from above

Drones • 25 Mar 19

He's making a list of communists, he's checking it twice: Senator Joe McCarthy. Photo: VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

How Irish-American Catholics led the fight against communism

United States • 18 Nov 19

Bing Crosby arrives in Dublin in 1976

How Bing Crosby helped to put JFK in the White House

History • 19 Mar 19

"The Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and reformist camp see INSTEX as the fruit of Iran's smart diplomacy in changing international coalitions and isolating the US"

How INSTEX could change the sanctions game for Iran

Iran deal • 06 Feb 19

US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld speaks to US troops at Shannon Airport in February 2004. Photo: Jason Reed/AFP/ Getty Images

A question of neutrality and Shannon airport

Shannon Airport • 16 Jan 19

Goodbye to all that: 7,000 US troops are set to leave Afghanistan

How will the withdrawal of US troops affect Afghanistan?

Afghanistan • 23 Dec 18

"John McCain's death has brought a reminder to America of a rare capacity in a politician to generate bipartisan affection and the potential for generosity of spirit"

John McCain: the life and strife of a political maverick

Senator John McCain • 29 Aug 18

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani holds a press conference on Trump's withdrawal decision from Iran nuclear deal in Tehran. Photo: Iranian Presidency/ Handout

What will replace "the worst deal ever"?

Iran nuclear deal • 10 May 18

"in a market system, can we really complain just because someone else has "beaten" us?"

Trade wars: what's the meaning of unfair trade?

Trade War • 18 Apr 18

A missile from the Syrian Arab Air Force attempts to intercept a coalition missile in the skies above Damascus

What can be achieved by missile strikes on Syria?

Syria • 16 Apr 18

A time for talking

How the Iranian nuclear deal has tied US hands

Iran • 13 Mar 18