The fusing of Christian nationalism and violent extremism on display during the attack on the US Capitol can be traced, in part, to two incidents in the early 1990s.
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The insurrection at the Capitol was unprecedented. So too was the coverage, according to a scholar who monitors how media reports on protests
U.S. citizens and lawmakers failed to account for the threat to democracy that resulted in the storming of the Capitol. This reflects a denial of the series of events that led to this moment.
As Mike Pence prepares for life after the vice presidency, a scholar of religion looks back at the political and religious conversions that informed the politician’s worldview.
President Joe Biden’s nomination of a recently retired general to lead the Pentagon required an exception to federal law.
Speculation has swirled over whom President Trump may pardon before leaving office. But why do presidents have the right to pardon, and how should it be used?
Four years of ‘America First’ has seen the US retreat from the world. But as a scholar of international relations explains, Biden could return Washington to the role of a more moral global leader.
The transition between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has formally begun, yet the outgoing president still refuses to concede. How far can he go and has such a situation been experienced in American history?
Choosing former Secretary of State John Kerry as climate envoy is the first step. To regain trust, the U.S. will also have to take concrete actions to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions.
Millions of people gave money to Biden, Trump or both. What they get – or not – for their donations points to the real problems with America’s system of campaign finance.
Biden will begin his presidency in the midst of a global public health crisis that’s already killed over 240,000 people in the US alone. His team is already planning how to get COVID-19 under control.
A round-up of expert analysis from across the world on Biden’s win.
The question of the Irish border after Brexit is a more pressing matter for the next president than it has been for his predecessor.
US president-elect Joe Biden is taking expert advice on how to tackle the US coronavirus crisis. But is that enough?
History shows what happens during a presidential transition can leave a lasting imprint on foreign policy.
Some speculated that voters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado and Texas would vote against Joe Biden because of his plans to phase out fossil fuels.
How Donald Trump changed US foreign policy.
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Professor of Journalism, Michigan State University
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Lecturer in Foreign Policy and Security, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of History, University of Reading
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Associate Professor of Management, Policy, and Community Health and Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Past Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California
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Director for Technology and Innovation at the International Renewable Energy Agency and Payne Institute Fellow, Colorado School of Mines
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor in International Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines