US ELECTIONS


The Hellenic influence in the US Congress
OPINION

Much has been written in the past few years on the discrete role and influence of the US Congress. It is positive that, albeit belated, importance is now being placed on the decisions and interventions of the legislative bodies.

Biden and a better-than-expected result
OPINION

Joe Biden will leave an important mark on the American political landscape even if he chooses not to run for a second term in 2024, when he’ll be 82 years old.


The beacon still shines bright
OPINION

For better or worse, whether we like it or not, the United States remain the beacon of the West. When it goes dark, the rest of the West also goes dark and doesn’t know how to chart a course, especially when the waters are uncharted.

Diverse field of candidates makes history in midterms
THE NEW YORK TIMES

The first Generation Z member of Congress. The nation’s first openly lesbian governor. The first Black governor of Maryland. All of them, and more, made history Tuesday, emerging victorious from a field of candidates that was in many respects more diverse than in previous years.


High stakes in US midterms
OPINION

“Whoever voted Biden owes me gas money,” say millions of posters and stickers on the back windows of massive semi-trucks across the United States, expressing the mounting frustration at the hike in fuel prices. This is, after all, why the American president’s advisers have for months been asking him to focus his campaign for the […]



Trumpism’s precious lesson
OPINION

The hearings of the House Committee investigating the events that led to the insurrection of January 6, 2021, have highlighted the efforts of Donald Trump to overturn the victory of Joe Biden.

Trump II and the end of the West
OPINION

Let’s fast-forward developments in America a bit and skip to the fact that the Democrats will most likely lose control of the House – perhaps in spectacular fashion too – and Speaker Nancy Pelosi will retire to California.


For Mike Pence, Jan 6 began like many days. It ended like no other
THE NEW YORK TIMES

Vice president Mike Pence, preparing to withstand the final stage of a relentless campaign by president Donald Trump to force him to illegally try to overturn the results of the 2020 election, began January 6, 2021, surrounded by aides at his official residence at the Naval Observatory, asking God for guidance

Dereliction of duty
POLITICS

For 43 of 50 Republican senators who convened at the scene of the crime in the US Senate chamber, the truth was secondary.

‘A president we will all be proud to salute’
POLITICS

Most Americans and much of the rest of the world have heaved a sigh of relief with the departure of Donald Trump after a presidency that did serious harm to the United States’ international image and credibility, perhaps even irreparably.