Bruce Wolpe
Bruce Wolpe is a senior fellow at the University of Sydney's United States Studies Centre. He has served on the Democratic staff in the US Congress and as chief of staff to former prime minister Julia Gillard.
- Opinion
- Trump's America
An unhappy birthday for Trump: His Iran deal – and presidency – on the brink
It’s Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. Iran is yet to deliver his birthday gift, despite all his bluster.
- Bruce Wolpe
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- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump appears indifferent to all the battles he’s losing. So what’s the deal?
Donald Trump’s presidency is in trouble, plagued by falling approval at home and disastrous decisions abroad. Yet he appears deliriously detached from his perilous plight.
- Bruce Wolpe
A timely – and hopeful – analysis of the global erosion of democracy
Professor John Keane of Sydney University explains how democracy and despotism live closer together than you’d expect.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
On America’s most important day, Trump may have little to celebrate
The Trump brand is in retreat right around the world. The timing couldn’t be worse.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
In his fog of peace, Trump’s lost sight of truth. That means more war
The US president claims he wants to end this war but his rambling contradictions on the road to peace are lethal.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Opinion
- Trump's America
The high-stakes gamble unravelling the Trump presidency
Plummeting opinion polls and rising inflation spell trouble for the US president. And then there’s the coming mid-terms.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Opinion
- Middle East at war
What does war with Iran mean for US voters? In November, we’ll know
When US presidents start wars overseas, it doesn’t always win over the voters back home.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Opinion
- US politics
Trump goes to war over this State of the Union
Donald Trump will claim – to an audience of more than 30 million people – that the country is the strongest it’s ever been. But that’s not the real story.
- Bruce Wolpe
Can this historic sentence help unite a polarised America?
American biographer Walter Isaacson explores the origins of the most revolutionary sentence in the Declaration of Independence.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump is in decay and it affects the whole world, including us
If our PM declines to spend $US1 billion to join the Board of Peace, will Trump punish Australia?
- Bruce Wolpe