By Paul Whiteley, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex Political scientists first identified a phenomenon known as the “rally round the flag” effect in the 1970s . This refers to the tendency for the US...

By Julie M. Norman, Senior Associate Fellow on the Middle East at RUSI; Associate Professor in Politics & International Relations, UCL The US president, Donald Trump, says that Israel has agreed to terms for a 60-day...

By Garritt C. Van Dyk, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato While he likes to provoke opponents with the possibility of serving a third term, Donald Trump faces a more immediate historical burden that has...

By Michael R. Griffiths, Senior Lecturer in English Literatures, University of Wollongong Our cultural touchstones series examines works that have had a lasting influence In 1967, French literary and cultural critic Roland Barthes published a short essay...

By Laurent Borzillo, Chercheur invité au CCEAE de l'Université de Montréal et chercheur associé au CESICE de l'Université de Grenoble, École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) Just six months after Donald Trump’s return to the presidency in...