US Centre Student Essay Competition 2018

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US Centre 2018 Student Essay Competition Runner Up: ‘Looking at Trump’s Twitter Diplomacy to see past trends and the outlook for American foreign policy in East Asia’

US Centre 2018 Student Essay Competition Runner Up: ‘Looking at Trump’s Twitter Diplomacy to see past trends and the outlook for American foreign policy in East Asia’

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President Trump’s use of Twitter to announce policy shifts has become a hallmark of his administration. But what do his Tweets tell us about the outlook for the US relationship with East Asia? Kyi Yeung Goh analysed Trump’s 2017 tweets on this issue, and has found three key topics which may indicate what 2018 may bring: the Trump administration’s […]

March 6th, 2018|Kyi Yeung Goh, US Centre Student Essay Competition 2018, US foreign affairs and the North American neighbourhood|0 Comments|

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US Centre 2018 Student Essay Competition Winner: ‘The existential crisis at the heart of white evangelicalism’

US Centre 2018 Student Essay Competition Winner: ‘The existential crisis at the heart of white evangelicalism’

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Religious rigidity has historically been one of the key fortifiers of White Evangelicalism but in 2018 it also poses its greatest existential threat. Rafae Qazi writes that, as diversity of race, sexuality and religion rises, the social cost of adhering to increasingly socially incongruous beliefs such as that on same sex marriage will also rise. Whilst 71 percent of […]

March 6th, 2018|Democracy and culture, Rafae Qazi, US Centre Student Essay Competition 2018|2 Comments|

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US Centre 2018 Student Essay Competition Runner Up: ‘What does 2018 mean for John Golomb in America?’

US Centre 2018 Student Essay Competition Runner Up: ‘What does 2018 mean for John Golomb in America?’

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Christopher Dann discusses the compelling case of John Golomb, a sixty-seven year old ex-steel worker from the steel town of Monessen, Pennsylvania. As a representative case of many working-class, disenfranchised voters in the Rust Belt, he highlights how Trump’s current policies on protectionism, healthcare and tax cuts have affected ‘Golombish’ voters – life-long working-class Democrats turned one-off Republicans. […]

March 6th, 2018|Christopher Dann, Urban, rural and regional policies, US Centre Student Essay Competition 2018|0 Comments|

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