LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP
@lseusablog.bsky.social
Multi-disciplinary blog covering all aspects of USA governance, economics, politics, culture and society. Also covers Canada and Mexico. Part of the LSE Phelan United States Centre.
Read all our articles at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Read all our articles at https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
“Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Listen to a podcast interview with the winner and runners up of our 2025 master’s students essay competition
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“Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Master’s students essay competition 2025 | The Ballpark podcast | United States Politics and Policy
Recent years have seen growth in the capability and use of AI tools across society, including by business, academia, the media, and in the economy more widely. Many institutions have embraced AI tools...
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January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“Is AI a threat or an opportunity for the US?” Listen to a podcast interview with the winner and runners up of our 2025 master’s students essay competition
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Anti-Asian hate crimes in the US damage America’s reputation across Asia find @inbok.bsky.social, Joonseok Yang, @sungeunkim.bsky.social and @jongheepark.bsky.social
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Anti-Asian hate crimes in the US damage America’s reputation across Asia | USAPP
Exposure to information about anti-Asian hate crimes increases negative views of Americans and the US overall.
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January 19, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Anti-Asian hate crimes in the US damage America’s reputation across Asia find @inbok.bsky.social, Joonseok Yang, @sungeunkim.bsky.social and @jongheepark.bsky.social
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The 2026 Midterms: @carolineleicht.bsky.social of @manchester.ac.uk writes on why Trump’s attacks on Colbert and late-night comedy matter for the US media landscape and the midterms
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The 2026 Midterms: Why Trump’s attacks on Colbert and late-night comedy matter for the US media landscape and the midterms | USAPP
Late night television comedy programmes are watched by millions of Americans. With political comedy becoming an increasingly important part of these shows, Donald Trump at first relied on them, but du...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The 2026 Midterms: @carolineleicht.bsky.social of @manchester.ac.uk writes on why Trump’s attacks on Colbert and late-night comedy matter for the US media landscape and the midterms
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What's in store for US politics in 2026? Trump abroad, America turns 250 and the midterm elections
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US politics in 2026: Trump abroad, America turns 250 and the midterm elections | USAPP
What to look out for in US politics in 2026.
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January 16, 2026 at 10:55 AM
What's in store for US politics in 2026? Trump abroad, America turns 250 and the midterm elections
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In Venezuela, the US has removed a dictator, but shows little sign of building a democracy writes @jpolga.bsky.social of the U.S. Naval Academy blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
In Venezuela, the US has removed a dictator, but shows little sign of building a democracy | USAPP
While Maduro has been removed, Venezuela remains a dictatorship, and one that is unlikely to transition to a democracy without specific US interventions.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:12 AM
In Venezuela, the US has removed a dictator, but shows little sign of building a democracy writes @jpolga.bsky.social of the U.S. Naval Academy blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
The 2026 midterms: Peter Finn of Kingston University writes on what to expect on this year’s electoral calendar blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
The 2026 midterms: What to expect on this year’s electoral calendar | USAPP
In November this year, 35 US Senate seats and all 435 US House seats will be up for election in the 2026 midterms. From primaries to the Congressional calendar, as the year begins, Peter Finn maps the...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
The 2026 midterms: Peter Finn of Kingston University writes on what to expect on this year’s electoral calendar blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Voluntary corporate efforts to address social problems have little or no effect on public support for regulation by government find @hajinkim.bsky.social of University of Chicago, @joshuamacey.bsky.social of Yale Law School and Kristen Underhill of Cornell Law School blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Voluntary corporate efforts to address social problems have little or no effect on public support for regulation by government | USAPP
They find little evidence to support the concern that companies’ voluntary efforts to address social problems will have a meaningful impact on public support for government regulation.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Voluntary corporate efforts to address social problems have little or no effect on public support for regulation by government find @hajinkim.bsky.social of University of Chicago, @joshuamacey.bsky.social of Yale Law School and Kristen Underhill of Cornell Law School blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Trump’s emerging illegal war in Venezuela is founded on falsehoods writes Jim Rice blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Trump’s emerging illegal war in Venezuela is founded on falsehoods | USAPP
The Trump administration’s escalating actions against Venezuela, including boat strikes, oil‑tanker seizures, and a naval blockade, are grounded in a pattern of deliberate falsehoods rather than legal...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Trump’s emerging illegal war in Venezuela is founded on falsehoods writes Jim Rice blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Trump’s Greenland threats should be taken seriously but it is not for sale writes @ggricius.bsky.social of @uni-konstanz.de blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Trump’s Greenland threats should be taken seriously but it is not for sale | USAPP
Trump’s threats are dangerous not only for the people of Greenland, but also for Denmark and for the integrity of the NATO alliance.
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January 7, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Trump’s Greenland threats should be taken seriously but it is not for sale writes @ggricius.bsky.social of @uni-konstanz.de blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson of @harvardkennedy.bsky.social The Ballpark podcast
How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson | The Ballpark podcast | USAPP
The last 40 years have seen a sharp decline in America’s manufacturing industries with growing joblessness in many previously prosperous industrial regions of the US. But how and why did these job los...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
How to help left behind regions and workers with Professor Gordon Hanson of @harvardkennedy.bsky.social The Ballpark podcast
Trump’s Venezuela military campaign is unlikely to help him politically and will further undermine the rules-based international order writes Phelan US Centre Director Professor Peter Trubowitz of @lseir.bsky.social
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Trump’s Venezuela military campaign is unlikely to help him politically and will further undermine the rules-based international order | USAPP
It is too early to tell what America’s seizure of Maduro will mean for Venezuela’s people.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Trump’s Venezuela military campaign is unlikely to help him politically and will further undermine the rules-based international order writes Phelan US Centre Director Professor Peter Trubowitz of @lseir.bsky.social
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New from me (written before Xmas but published now at @lseusablog.bsky.social for the 1st anniversary of Carter’s death). I was struck by strong similarities between the late 1970s and now, & how the problems that Carter faced have strong echoes in UK politics today.
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Jimmy Carter’s malaise-ridden political fate is a warning to Keir Starmer’s government | USAPP
In highlighting the UK public’s disillusionment with politics and government as Carter did, UK politicians may be inviting the same political fate.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
New from me (written before Xmas but published now at @lseusablog.bsky.social for the 1st anniversary of Carter’s death). I was struck by strong similarities between the late 1970s and now, & how the problems that Carter faced have strong echoes in UK politics today.
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Where did the US's extraordinary actions in #Venezuela come from?
In December, the US published its National Security Strategy which illuminates Trump’s foreign policy: an approach that outright rejects the rules-based international order writes Jonny Hall @lseir.bsky.social @lseusablog.bsky.social
In December, the US published its National Security Strategy which illuminates Trump’s foreign policy: an approach that outright rejects the rules-based international order writes Jonny Hall @lseir.bsky.social @lseusablog.bsky.social
Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is a clear articulation of the administration’s nativism and illiberalism | USAPP
The NSS is a helpful resource to better understand Trump’s foreign policy.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Where did the US's extraordinary actions in #Venezuela come from?
In December, the US published its National Security Strategy which illuminates Trump’s foreign policy: an approach that outright rejects the rules-based international order writes Jonny Hall @lseir.bsky.social @lseusablog.bsky.social
In December, the US published its National Security Strategy which illuminates Trump’s foreign policy: an approach that outright rejects the rules-based international order writes Jonny Hall @lseir.bsky.social @lseusablog.bsky.social
LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox | The Ballpark podcast
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LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox | The Ballpark podcast | USAPP
This year LSE is celebrating its 130th anniversary, and how it has shaped history and driven change across the world. Much of LSE’s history is linked to the United States, from philanthropic support f...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
LSE at 130 and the United States with Professor Michael Cox | The Ballpark podcast
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Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is a clear articulation of the administration’s nativism and illiberalism blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is a clear articulation of the administration’s nativism and illiberalism | USAPP
The NSS is a helpful resource to better understand Trump’s foreign policy.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy is a clear articulation of the administration’s nativism and illiberalism blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Electing foreign-born legislators show more support for permissive immigration policies in the US, but not in the UK or Canada finds @jcha.bsky.social of @harvard.edu
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Electing foreign-born legislators show more support for permissive immigration policies in the US, but not in the UK or Canada | USAPP
Members of Congress with immigrant origins are 12 percent more likely to vote for permissive immigration policies.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Electing foreign-born legislators show more support for permissive immigration policies in the US, but not in the UK or Canada finds @jcha.bsky.social of @harvard.edu
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America’s innovation ecosystem will survive Trump’s cuts to R&D writes @thinkwoodist.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk c.uk
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Why America’s innovation ecosystem will survive Trump’s cuts to R&D | USAPP
America’s “polycentric innovation state” remains and will continue to adapt to economic challenges.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
America’s innovation ecosystem will survive Trump’s cuts to R&D writes @thinkwoodist.bsky.social @campolis.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk c.uk
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New from me on the @lseusablog.bsky.social on how Europeans are imagining and fictionalising different future threats, and what it says about the Transatlantic alliance.
As US security strategy becomes increasingly negative towards Europe @nickanstead.bsky.social of @lsemedia.bsky.social writes on what imaginary threats can tell us about the strategic estrangement between Europe and America
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What imaginary threats can tell us about the strategic estrangement between Europe and America | USAPP
The US is worried about unexpected and potentially world-ending events, while in Europe, concerns center on hybrid warfare and an increasingly uninterested America.
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December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
New from me on the @lseusablog.bsky.social on how Europeans are imagining and fictionalising different future threats, and what it says about the Transatlantic alliance.
The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan of @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social @cfr.org | The Ballpark podcast blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan | The Ballpark podcast | USAPP
Since returning to the White House for his second term in January 2025, Donald Trump has renewed his “America First” agenda by pursing a transactional approach to diplomacy and a desire to limit the U...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The promise and peril of Trump’s America First with Professor Charles Kupchan of @georgetown-sfs.bsky.social @cfr.org | The Ballpark podcast blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
As US security strategy becomes increasingly negative towards Europe @nickanstead.bsky.social of @lsemedia.bsky.social writes on what imaginary threats can tell us about the strategic estrangement between Europe and America
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What imaginary threats can tell us about the strategic estrangement between Europe and America | USAPP
The US is worried about unexpected and potentially world-ending events, while in Europe, concerns center on hybrid warfare and an increasingly uninterested America.
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December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As US security strategy becomes increasingly negative towards Europe @nickanstead.bsky.social of @lsemedia.bsky.social writes on what imaginary threats can tell us about the strategic estrangement between Europe and America
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America First and the future of Eurasian geopolitics – LSE Phelan US Centre Event Review blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
America First and the future of Eurasian geopolitics – LSE Phelan US Centre Event Review | USAPP
In November 2025, the Phelan US Centre hosted the event “America First and the future of Eurasian geopolitics?” with Dr C Raja Mohan as part of the Centre’s America’s Changing Role in the World lectur...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
America First and the future of Eurasian geopolitics – LSE Phelan US Centre Event Review blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...
Olukayode Bakare of @sunyofficial.bsky.social writes on why Donald Trump is threatening military intervention in Nigeria and what it means for the government
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Why Donald Trump is threatening military intervention in Nigeria and what it means for the government | USAPP
The Nigerian government should view Washington’s call for intervention as an opportunity to strengthen its national security jointly with the US.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Olukayode Bakare of @sunyofficial.bsky.social writes on why Donald Trump is threatening military intervention in Nigeria and what it means for the government
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Rising wealth means that older people are more likely to self-insure rather than buy long-term care insurance find
@jcosta-font.bsky.social and Nilesh Raut of @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social and Richard Frank of @brookings.edu
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@jcosta-font.bsky.social and Nilesh Raut of @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social and Richard Frank of @brookings.edu
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Rising wealth means that older people are more likely to self-insure rather than buy long-term care insurance | USAPP
Unexpected increases in wealth mean that individuals are significantly less likely to buy long-term care insurance and are more likely to self-insure.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rising wealth means that older people are more likely to self-insure rather than buy long-term care insurance find
@jcosta-font.bsky.social and Nilesh Raut of @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social and Richard Frank of @brookings.edu
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@jcosta-font.bsky.social and Nilesh Raut of @lsehealthpolicy.bsky.social and Richard Frank of @brookings.edu
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Attempts to intimidate lawmakers who talked of “illegal orders” is part of Trump’s ongoing efforts to silence his critics
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Attempts to intimidate lawmakers who talked of “illegal orders” is part of Trump’s ongoing efforts to silence his critics | USAPP
Despite the administration’s narrative that the boat strikes are legally justified, they amount to the extrajudicial killing of civilians.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Attempts to intimidate lawmakers who talked of “illegal orders” is part of Trump’s ongoing efforts to silence his critics
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The 2026 Midterms: Peter Finn of @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social, @lmcbell.bsky.social, Amy Tatum of @bournemouthuni.bsky.social, and @carolineleicht.bsky.social write on why we should be wary of what GenAI tells us ahead of next year’s elections
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The 2026 Midterms: Why we should be wary of what GenAI tells us ahead of next year’s elections | USAPP
GenAI tends to skew its answers to the national level and can hallucinate answers to questions about politics which require nuanced answers.
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December 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The 2026 Midterms: Peter Finn of @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social, @lmcbell.bsky.social, Amy Tatum of @bournemouthuni.bsky.social, and @carolineleicht.bsky.social write on why we should be wary of what GenAI tells us ahead of next year’s elections
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