Godfrey Hodgson

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The ghost of LBJ hovers over the 2012 election

Godfrey Hodgson | 22 Jun 2011

Barack Obama’s hopes of a second term are still bright. But twin policy crises and Republican stirrings are clouds on his re-election horizon.

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Libya and the limits of American power

Godfrey Hodgson | 10 Mar 2011

At a time of straitened economic circumstances, what price is the United States willing to pay to ensure liberty abroad?

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Time for a new destiny?

Godfrey Hodgson | 16 Nov 2010

The United States is caught in the gap between a potent domestic sense of historical mission and a shifting global political reality.

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America's mad-hatter politics

Godfrey Hodgson | 21 Oct 2010

The rise of the populist Tea Party movement is dominating the US mid-term election campaign. Yet its significance escapes the country's political and media class.

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America divided: the politics of inequality

Godfrey Hodgson | 20 Jul 2010

The entrenchment of inequality in the United States damages the economy, degrades politics and corrodes the American dream.

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Goliath and David in Afghanistan

Godfrey Hodgson | 7 Jul 2010

The arrival of General Petraeus to take charge of the war against the Taliban highlights enduring tensions in the US over the role of the military in political life.

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The clash over core American values

Godfrey Hodgson | 27 May 2010

The great contest of the United States in 2010 is about the moral nature of American society.

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Lessons from the twilight days of the liberal consensus

Godfrey Hodgson | 16 Mar 2010

An inspiring candidate has become a failing president. But a comparison with Lyndon B Johnson shows that the reasons for this outcome are more than personal.

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Ruin and reform

Godfrey Hodgson | 17 Feb 2010

The Supreme Court has just made even harder the effort to limit the degradation of American politics by money.

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An imperial President in a post-American world

Godfrey Hodgson | 8 Dec 2009

There is an increasing mismatch between the demands on the American presidency and the realities that constrain it.

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