America Explained

U.S. politics, foreign policy, and history - all tied together

By Andrew Gawthorpe

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Articles

What can we learn from Dem primaries so far?

• Progressives get the headlines, moderates mostly win
• 7 hrs ago • Andrew Gawthorpe

Round-up: Trump says he has no leverage. And: Vance's travails.

• Analysis of the week's events
• Jun 21 • Andrew Gawthorpe

Gender and Donald Trump's America

• An interview with Katy Hull
• Jun 18 • Andrew Gawthorpe

The Eagle’s Graveyard is in the Persian Gulf

• An interview with Andrew Gawthorpe on institutional collapse, Iran's strategic patience, and the end of American primacy in the Middle East.
• Published on Power, Profit & Politics • Jun 15

Round-up: The secret Hormuz mission. And: Is a deal close?

• Analysis of the week's events
• Jun 13 • Andrew Gawthorpe

Trump vs. the spies

• What the battle over ODNI is really about
• Jun 12 • Andrew Gawthorpe

With its latest missiles, Iran unveils new regional order

• A catastrophic defeat for the U.S. and Israel
• Jun 8 • Andrew Gawthorpe

Round-up: The stability-instability paradox. Trouble in Maine

• Analysis of the week's events
• Jun 5 • Andrew Gawthorpe

Trump and ebola go back a long way

• His response to a 2014 epidemic showed us what was coming
• Jun 3 • Andrew Gawthorpe

When Britain and America nearly went to war

• A dispatch from some of my recent academic research
• Jun 2 • Andrew Gawthorpe

Round-up: Does Trump care about midterms? And Trump's AI paralysis.

• Analysis of the week's events
• May 30 • Andrew Gawthorpe

How Trump alienated India

• As for why, I don't really know
• May 27 • Andrew Gawthorpe

America Explained

U.S. politics, foreign policy, and history - all tied together.