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While the politics of gun violence have not been front and centre this election cycle, it’s alive in the national conversation and is wedged deep in the psyche of Americans.

For the last four years, our nation – and indeed the world – has watched the Trump administration repeatedly abdicate their responsibilities on everything from climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic; and so cities, especially New York City, have risen to the occasion to become the emblem of 21st century American leadership.

Because caucuses and primaries occur long before the actual convention and signal who the next presidential candidate will be, conventions have morphed into largely symbolic gatherings to showcase a unified party approach and the commitments and values of the nominee.

Evaluating current protests in light of previous protests, especially in light of contemporary claims that protest sometimes drives politics in more conservative directions.

This panel discusses the parallels between race and discrimination in the US and UK and considers how structure and institutional change is possible - particularly in politics.

The demonstrations in the US have not been sparked over just one death and not simply in opposition to a specific administration. Protesters are demanding their share of democracy.

The brutal killing of George Floyd in one of America’s most progressive cities has catapulted race politics to the top of the national agenda.

Chatham House's Dr Christopher Sabatini was interviewed alongside a group of experts for the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics documentary “Dismantling Democracy.” 

Chatham House experts examine how the latest presidential scandal might play out in US domestic politics, in Ukraine and in international affairs.

The US retains tremendous wealth and military strength, but hyper-partisanship is draining the country’s ‘usable power’.

In the current political environment, the legitimacy of the investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia and Moscow’s interference in elections rests on it being made public.

In the first edition in a series exploring the progress of women in international affairs, Amy Pope and Stacey Abrams speak to Gitika Bhardwaj about the growth in women serving in US politics and what challenges remain ahead.

Conflicting public opinion about America’s role in the world is not unique to the era of Trump and ‘America first’.

Leslie Vinjamuri speaks to Gitika Bhardwaj about the state of the climate debate in the US and how the new Democrat-controlled House of Representatives can change the conversation.