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american power & the worldThe period since 9/11 has renewed global debate about the nature of United States power and influence in a world being transformed by globalisation. openDemocracy writers - American and non-American - bring fresh perspectives to bear on the Iraq war, the question of empire, unilateralism, the "end of history", neo-conservatism, and foreign policy under and after George W Bush
It took a global village. KA Dilday, openDemocracy columnist, writes in the New York Times
The Obama-Clinton "change" contest also carries the burden of Democratic Party history
The United States presidential race is the most exciting and energising
in years. Barack Obama has made it so, and in a way that opens a new
era of political possibility
There's a lot of talk about the first black president, the first woman president, the oldest president. But what are Americans really voting for?
Washington's power may be more enduring than it fears or its rivals hope
The privatisation of security is breaking the state's monopoly of force
The roots of America's health statistics dissected
A fashionable case for a post-neocon alliance is flawed
On the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, openDemocracy hears from those who say "I am an American" in a different voice
There is sickness at the system's heart. Can a new consensus cure it?
Republican division and Democratic calculation together guarantee no early end to the war in Iraq
The United States president's unbending approach to Iraq is rooted in advice from Vietnam-era confidantes who worked for Richard Nixon
The balance of voting in the United States Supreme Court is not quite as predictable as conservatives hope and liberals fear
An unpopular president and an unwinnable war won't guarantee a Democrat victory in 2008
The Bush administration's promotion of a link between capitalism and democracy has backfired
US coercion of detainees is being outsourced, not ended
The US attorney-general's politicisation of justice violates the constitution, says Bob Burnett
The belief in a military solution to the United States's predicament in Iraq underlies the Bush administration's rejection of the Baker-Hamilton commission's report, says Bob Burnett.
A new phase of political confrontation in Washington touches the very constitutional foundations of United States government, says Bob Burnett. Read the rest of this post...
The visit of the British queen to the United States highlights the merits of constitutional monarchy, says Godfrey Hodgson. Read the rest of this post...
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