With the US presidential election (as well as elections to the Senate and the House of Representatives) of 3 November nearing, all eyes are on the polls. Readers can check our results model and polling overview, both updated daily, on our US election hub here. And it is also the time to reflect on the events of the past four years, the significance of the choice between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and what America’s future has in store.
Over the past months, as part of its international expansion, the New Statesman has been covering the election campaign itself but also those big long-term subjects. So now, in the final days before election day, we are publishing a series of three dossiers of selected New Statesman pieces providing depth and perspective on those subjects.
This is the third and final dossier. It rounds off the series with an exploration of America in the world: its foreign policy, its relations with other powers and its role in global matters. The first focuses on American democracy: the ways the republic’s norms and institutions have been put under strain, the contest between Trump and Biden and the election campaign itself. The second surveys America beyond the beltway: the crucial swing states, the issues affecting Americans’ everyday lives and the mood on the ground.
Terminator Trump: Judgment Day
Sir Kim Darroch, former UK ambassador to the US, joins Emily Tamkin and Jeremy Cliffe on the New Statesman’s World Review podcast to discuss what the election means for the world.
The best reason to root for Joe Biden and celebrate if he wins? Climate change
By Jeremy Cliffe
Without the participation of the federal US government, achieving the Paris agreement’s goal is near inconceivable.
American unreality
By John Gray
In breaking the link between politics and objective truth, the United States seeks to fashion a new world – but it is one built on shifting sands.
Why a Joe Biden win would be disastrous for Boris Johnson
By Martin Fletcher
The world stage will be a far lonelier place for the Prime Minister without Donald Trump in the White House.
How Joe Biden’s foreign policy would not be a total departure from that of Donald Trump
By Jeremy Cliffe
If he triumphs in the election on 3 November, Biden’s approach could come as a rude awakening for some Europeans.
US-China economic integration shaped today’s world, but now it is going into reverse
By Jeremy Cliffe
A New Statesman Media Group special on the decoupling of America and China.
The End of America’s Forever Wars
Stephen Wertheim joins Emily Tamkin and Jeremy Cliffe on the New Statesman’s World Review podcast to discuss America’s “forever wars”.
Why a Joe Biden win is unlikely to improve relations between the US and China
By Emily Tamkin
Under Obama, Biden spoke of transforming Sino-American relations with trade – but now he talks of “getting tough” on China.
How US-China social ties are fraying as trade war rages
By Michael Goodier and Ido Vock
Data analysis by the New Statesman shows that travel, university enrollment and book translation is in decline.
How East Asia’s balance of power is shaping its US election stance
By James Chater
Both principles and pragmatism are at play in the region ahead of the presidential contest.
What would victory for Joe Biden in the US presidential election mean for Brexit?
By Emily Tamkin
The Democratic candidate’s commitment to the Good Friday Agreement is a matter of principle, not electoral politics.
Would Biden or Trump end America’s forever wars?
By Stephen Wertheim
The people of the United States are weary of military intervention abroad; they want their leaders to start fighting for them.
The decline in fossil fuel consumption will redraw the geopolitical map
By Jeremy Cliffe
How decarbonisation is already shifting US foreign policy.
Noam Chomsky: The world is at the most dangerous moment in human history
By George Eaton
The US professor warns that the climate crisis, the threat of nuclear war and rising authoritarianism mean the risk of human extinction has never been greater.
The Iranian Playbook
Ariane Tabatabai joins Emily Tamkin and Jeremy Cliffe on the New Statesman’s World Review podcast to discuss US-Iran relations.
Westlessness: how cracks within NATO signal a new balance of global power
By Jeremy Cliffe
It is easy to treat Trump as the cause of Western fragmentation. But it is much truer to consider him merely a symptom.
Trump v the CIA
By Emily Tamkin
The degradation of relations between the White House and America’s intelligence agencies should worry not just Americans but also their international allies.
The world to come: Revenge of the nation state
By Helen Thompson
For two decades, cheap labour in China drove consumer prices down. But when goods are produced in a world of fear and geopolitical rivalry, their origins, not just their cost, really matter.
Joaquin Castro interview: “Our foreign policy is due for a reckoning”
By Emily Tamkin
An interview with the prominent Congressman hoping to transform US foreign policy.
The India-China-US Triangle
Tanvi Madan joins Emily Tamkin and Jeremy Cliffe on the New Statesman’s World Review podcast to discuss America’s role in Asian geopolitics.
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