Hussein Ibish

From the outset, the US response to the pandemic has been characterised by a shortage of testing kits, equipment and – most of all – leadership

Leaders who rose to power denigrating expertise and international co-operation are now having to rely on both elements in a time of crisis

The former vice president will present himself as a return to normalcy in US foreign policy but the world he will confront and the America he will lead are greatly changed

When the painful blows coming to Americans’ daily lives, health and wallets hit, it is his presidency that could become Covid-19's most politically significant victim

The former American vice president has pulled off an astonishing rise to the head of the Democratic pack

In the unlikely event the Democratic Party contender beats Donald Trump in this year's election, his policies will not serve the US well, either domestically or abroad

History shows that radical overreach on the part of the 'strong' has grim implications for the 'weak', and for itself

A concerted effort to punish the whistleblower, the witnesses and those who co-operated with the impeachment probe undermines American democracy

The lengths the party-controlled Senate has gone to in its bid to get the president acquitted has troubling consequences for the country's democracy

By rushing to impeach because of their own election calendars, Democrats are committing a significant blunder

Mr Trump has asked the Senate to quickly dismiss charges

Donald Trump, as well as both the country's major political parties, seem torn between internationalism and isolationism

But whether the US administration is prepared to deal with the consequences of a dramatic escalation with Iran is an entirely different matter

End of the decade: Broken politics has left successive governments in Washington rudderless, increasingly distracted and lacking in purpose on the global stage

Even his loyal support base is beginning to fall out of love with the 'morally lost and confused' US president