Stories by Lisa Van Dusen
Autocratic Lives Matter? Saudi Arabia and the sovereignty card
In a time when all politics are global, Riyadh’s tactical tantrum over Canada’s principled human rights stand aims to isolate moral leadership.
What’s happening in Washington these days makes Richard Nixon seem sane and the democracy of the day look like a well-oiled machine.
The quote ‘What’s past is prologue,’ from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, is displayed on the National Archives in Washington. There’s a reason it’s a favourite of military strategists.
With Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård dancing like nobody’s watching, and Pierce Brosnan singing like nobody’s listening, we should all be watching Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again on a loop as a serotonin boost.
Can the country that stood against authoritarianism during its last major surge pull the geopolitical equivalent of Stuart Sutcliffe leaving the Beatles and maintain its authority?
With his love of Putin, trolling of NATO, tactical support of China’s ascendancy, and daily degradation of American soft power, Trump is not a political black swan. His presidency is a turning point in a dangerous story.
History has made us friends. Geography has made us conjoined twins. And Donald Trump has made us co-captives.
Never has a major politician been so adept at the flimflam art of destructive distraction. What’s the con?Author
While people continue to share the impact the writer and world traveller had on their lives, his most lasting legacy may be political.
Like a mean girl in a high school cafeteria, Donald Trump has now taken his tray and moved to the bully table. Welcome to Thug Prom.
The famously unbiddable Senator has lived a life whose lessons defy, and will outlive, the temporary insanity of America’s current political crisis.
The upcoming Charlevoix summit of major democracies has already taken on the air of a siege disaster movie. It doesn’t have to end badly.
After more than a year of bad actors hogging the global stage, the marriage of a good one to a prince offers joy amid chaos.
Like so many elements of politics, corruption isn’t what it used to be. The Trump presidency is both a product and instrument of a uniquely 21st-century version.
As politics have become colonized by a toxic combination of reality-show drama and covert intelligence tactics, will the guardians of reason catch up?
There have been chants of 'Nobel' at a rally for President Donald Trump. But will the people of South Korea thank him?
The American matriarch was remembered last week as ‘the first lady of the greatest generation’ but her qualities as a leader were timeless.
The tech revolution has produced a bifurcated culture of industry players who understand how they’re changing society, and regulators who don’t.
With journalism, politics, and democracy all under siege, the Trump administration’s relentless output of reality-show gibberish seems designed to prove the totalitarian tenet that no news is good news.
Fifty years after the civil rights icon was assassinated, it seems everything has changed except the timeless perversion of power.
The display of bravery, unity, and eloquence the world witnessed Saturday on an issue that has paralyzed Washington for decades was also a rebuke to the current chaos in ostensibly grown-up politics.
As the Muslim mayor of a major Western capital and a Brexit critic, Sadiq Khan is well-placed to warn of the downsides of technology’s impact on democracy.
The chaotic American president’s approach to the protracted conflict between Israel and the Palestinians has been anything but nuanced.
In his most recent addition to the Ripley’s Believe it or Not Political Odditorium, the U.S. president is looking to spark a trade war. Maybe Canada should—politely—walk smartly to the nearest exit.
At 91, and having seen more than her share of anni horribiles, the Queen has earned herself a bit of fun. And Anna Wintour makes the ideal sidekick.
While the U.S. deals with apparent foreign meddling in a presidential campaign that needed no help in degrading public trust, the world airs its discombobulation.
Nearly three decades after his release from prison and 100 years after his birth, Nelson Mandela’s legacy may finally be playing out in the country he transformed.
The comparisons between the U.S.’s current political crisis and Watergate are becoming more obvious. The common denominators involving power and human nature aren’t new.
Ahead of a March election meant to hand Vladimir Putin a fourth term as president, Alexei Navalny is banned but campaigning anyway. Between arrests.
In his first State of the Union address, the combustible president dials down the crazy and makes a classic bid for hope over experience.
As a lying president conducts a daily war against the media in Washington, The Post is a story of how the system would be working if truth weren’t buried under a deluge of nonsense.
This isn’t the first time in history that an American president has provided material for previously unthinkable parent-child conversations about politics. It is the first time a blanket disclaimer is in order.Politics This Morning
Your email has been added. An email has been sent to your address, please click the link inside of it to confirm your subscription.