We will find out allies among the American people, not its government
The United States is crafting a new foreign policy that keeps the economic superpower at its centre
Aaron White was six years old in New York City when the Towers fell. For the lucky ones, life just moved on
When the next terrorist attacks come, will US presidents be able to channel public demand for revenge by precise targeting, explaining the trap that terrorists set, and focusing on creating resilience in US responses?
African leaders’ sartorial choices have been communicating their political orientations for centuries
COMMENT: The US’s global gag rule blocks funding to any foreign NGOS that perform abortions, except in very limited cases. The Biden-Harris administration must rescind it
Neither side will hesitate for a second to do anything to win
US President Donald Trump is good at channelling voters’ anger. And anger about the effects of Covid-19 is a factor that could help him win another term
Put a stop to the policy that blocks aid to organisations offering abortion services
Obliterating being human is beyond our comprehension and so we invoke evil and dignity – but the wound is indelible
Since Donald Trump took office in January, the US has abandoned or threatened to quit several international accords under his "America First" policy.
A US Senate report found that the CIA misled the American public about its torture methods after 9/11 and were brutal and pervasive in their actions.
From George W Bush’s artistic outlet to Madiba raising funds, past leaders have taken very different paths from the top once their number was up.
Percy Zvomuya speaks to Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole, who was in South Africa for the Open Book Festival.
US President Barack Obama is edging the US closer to a war in Syria, raising echoes of George W Bush’s moves before invading Iraq, says a lawmaker.
Barack Obama and his predecessor George W Bush have met in Tanzania to commemorate the victims of the 1998 al-Qaeda bombing of the US embassy.
The White House says US President Barack Obama and former President George W Bush will meet while both leaders are in the East African country.
If events in the Middle East over the past two years have taught us anything, it is that Arab public opinion now matters to the world.
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/ 13 January 2009
Iran has arrested four people accused of involvement in a US-financed plot to topple its Islamic system of government, the judiciary said on Tuesday.
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/ 21 November 2008
Japan and South Korea are urging North Korea to formalise a roadmap on ending its nuclear programme.
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/ 21 November 2008
US President George W Bush may be a lame duck, but protesters and aspiring US rivals are still dogging him with a passion on his last foreign trip.
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/ 17 October 2008
Oliver Burkeman speaks to Oliver Stone about his new movie, W about US president George W Bush.
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/ 15 October 2008
George W Bush’s presidency is losing international influence, but it would be foolish to write obituaries for American power.
Washington has seen a ‘throw the bums out’ mood before. But this is something else.
Emergency rescue plan to go back to the House of Representatives.
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/ 26 September 2008
Meltdown Monday and the astonishing four days that followed saved British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, but were of no help to Thabo Mbeki.
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/ 11 September 2008
When the political will to deal with elite crimes falters, a culture of impunity takes hold.
Olympic sensation Pamela Jelimo and footballer Dennis Oliech are two of Kenya’s hottest celebrities –so where are the T-shirts?
A frequent complaint of the Iranians is that they want to deal directly with the US instead of its surrogates, Britain, France and Germany.
Sam Sole, the M&G‘s award-winning investigative reporter, and Matthew Burbidge, news editor of the M&G Online, interviewed Seymour Hersch, the original newsman, who says ”The wonderful thing about our profession is if we do it right, stories are not Democrat or Republican, left or right, hawk or dove, pro or anti-government. Stories are stories, and they’re just the truth.”
It is a subject that has engaged some of the biggest names in international letters: Don DeLillo in Falling Man, Ian McEwan in Saturday and Jonathan Safran Foer in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Each attempted to explain in imaginary terms that great reordering of western life, which happened on 9/11 when New York’s Twin Towers were destroyed by al-Qaeda terrorists.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman at the centre of a police investigation into suspected bribery. But Olmert, whose departure could disrupt peace negotiations with the Palestinians, continued with his duties.