Lester Munson, University of Sydney Henry Kissinger was the ultimate champion of the United States’ foreign policy battles. The former US secretary of state died on November 29 2023 after living for a century. The magnitude of his influence on the geopolitics…
Toby Walsh, UNSW Sydney On Monday US President Joe Biden released a wide ranging and ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) – catapulting the US to the front of conversations about regulating AI. In doing so, the US is…
More
Raymond Gibney Jr., Penn State When people go on strike, their employers…
Joshua Murray, Vanderbilt University The United Auto Workers union, or UAW, has…
Jason Davidson, University of Mary Washington When the administration of Geroge W. Bush needed an ally to help sell its proposed invasion of Iraq to a skeptical European audience, Silvio Berlusconi stepped…
Mark Satta, Wayne State University The drag shows will go on. At least for now. On June 2, 2023, Judge Thomas Parker, a Trump-appointed federal district court judge in western Tennessee, ruled…
Darryl K. Brown, University of Virginia A federal grand jury in Florida indicted former President Donald Trump on June 8, 2023, on multiple criminal charges related to classified documents he took from…
Gabriel J. Chin, University of California, Davis Federal prosecutors on June 9, 2023, unsealed the indictment that spells out the government’s case against former President Donald J. Trump, who is accused of…
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino The compromise to avoid default on the U.S. debt passed muster, eventually. President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy pulled it off. The nation…
Andrew Rettenmaier, Texas A&M University and Dennis W. Jansen, Texas A&M University Social Security is in trouble. The retirement and disability program has been running a cash-flow deficit since 2010. Its trust…
Matt Harris, Park University Talking with a friend about the debt ceiling negotiations, I mentioned that there were incentives for centrists in Congress to cobble together a deal. My friend said, incredulously,…
Raymond Scheppach, University of Virginia House Republicans pushed the U.S. to the edge of a fiscal crisis because they wanted deep cuts in government spending. So, based on the tentative deal announced…
Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What really…
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation and Matt Williams, The Conversation President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on May 27, 2023, agreed in principle to a tentative deal that would raise the…
