President Joe Biden

India and Vietnam are partnering with the US to counter China − even as Biden claims that’s not his goal

This fall, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is slated to lead a bipartisan group of U.S. senators to China. The planned trip, like other recent visits to China by high-ranking U.S. officials, is aimed at improving the relationship be...

Leland Lazarus Associate Director of National Security, Florida International University·7 months ago

Biden’s coronation no-show is no snub – more telling is whom he sends to King Charles’ big day

The fact that first lady Jill Biden, but not her husband, President Joe Biden, will be attending King Charles III’s coronation on May 6, 2023, has not gone down too well with sections of the U.K. press. A “royal snub,” screamed headlines...

Arianne Chernock Professor of History, Boston University·12 months ago

House approval of debt ceiling deal a triumph of the political center

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, “Do we actually have centrists in Congress?”

Matt Harris Assistant Professor, Political Science, Park University·11 months ago

Africa is getting renewed attention from Washington — and some African states are courting African Americans

Recent allegations by the U.S. ambassador to South Africa that the African nation gave ammunition and weapons to Russia in December 2022, amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, illustrate the complexity of U.S.-Africa relations.

Asafa Jalata Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies, University of Tennessee·11 months ago

Can Biden and McCarthy avert a calamitous debt default? 3 evidence-backed leadership strategies that might help

In order for the U.S. to borrow more money, Congress needs to raise the debt ceiling – currently US$31.4 trillion. President Joe Biden has refused to negotiate with House Republicans over spending, demanding instead that Congress pass a ...

Wendy K. Smith Professor of Business and Leadership, University of Delaware·12 months ago

Presidential pauses? What those ‘ums’ and ‘uhs’ really tell us about candidates for the White House

Nine. That is the number of “uhs” that former President Barack Obama uttered in a period of two minutes during a 2012 presidential debate. Other Obama “uh” counters, such as University of Pennsylvania linguist Mark Liberman, clocked him ...

Valerie M. Fridland Professor of Linguistics, University of Nevada, Reno·8 months ago

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