Stuart Holliday

Nov 14, 2024 | usnews.com | Albert Hunt |Stuart Holliday |Glenn Nye

Donald Trump is forming an anti-Lincoln government: Instead of a Team of Rivals, it's going to be a pack of lapdogs. The president-elect is selecting people whose foremost loyalty is to him, not to the country. John Bolton, one of Trump's national security advisers in his first term, says Trump wants more than just loyalty; he wants fealty. Trump’s picks this time have more experience in Washington than some of his choices four years ago.

Nov 14, 2024 | usnews.com | Patrick Brown |Stuart Holliday |Glenn Nye |Shermichael Singleton

If the Democratic Party wants to revive its appeal to working-class voters in the wake of its decisive defeat last week, it will have to come to grips with the root causes of its collapse. One key problem wasn’t just that Democrats ignored inflation, which many on the left are acknowledging, but they failed to understand what caused that inflation – which too many on the left are not admitting. The fact is that Democrats’ go-to economic playbook failed not just in style but in substance.

Nov 13, 2024 | usnews.com | Stuart Holliday |Glenn Nye |Liana Fix |Tatsiana Kulakevich

The peaceful transfer of power from one president to the next is a hallmark of American democracy. With Inauguration Day less than 70 days away, this is not just a domestic concern; our national security is also at stake. President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to return to the White House in January amidst global volatility and conflict in Ukraine, the Middle East, the South China Sea and elsewhere.

Aug 17, 2024 | thehill.com | Stuart Holliday

As we remember the Paris Olympics, the world will reflect on the shared humanity and peaceful international competition that the games fostered. As our conflict-riven world desperately seeks new ways to foster competitive congeniality — in ways only the Olympics would bring — new players are taking center stage. The globalization of sports has spurred renewed conversation around the little-understood impact of sports diplomacy.

Jul 30, 2024 | thegeopolitics.com | Stuart Holliday

The world is navigating an unprecedented wave of elections, with over 2 billion people in 80 countries heading to the polls this year. From the upcoming elections in France and the United Kingdom to those in Brazil and the U.S. this fall, the potential for sweeping political changes is immense. For American businesses, this means navigating a landscape where the rules of engagement can be rewritten overnight. Geopolitics is fundamentally about power—who has it, who wants it, and how it’s leveraged.