EA on China Radio International: Concerns — But Also Signs of Hope — in the US

Posted by Scott Lucas | Aug 26, 2022 | 0

The Women’s March in Washington DC, January 2018

I joined China Radio International on Thursday to discuss the political, economic, and social situation in the US.

Listen to Discussion from 44:29

Using the latest opinion poll about the direction of America, China’s State broadcaster wanted to portray a straightforward image of the US in decline, division, and discord.

I pushed back against this. I noted the damage to the US from a polarized system, the Trump years, and setbacks over gun control and women’s rights — but I also highlighted recent achievements over climate change, health care, and competent politics.

And, most importantly, I emphasized the capacity of the American people to rise to domestic and global challenges, if they choose cooperation over cheap conflict.

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView.He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.