American voters inflicted a crushing defeat on the Republican Party in the US midterm elections, signalling clear dissatisfaction with President Trump’s agenda. Now many issues in US politics are up in the air – from the use of tariffs to policy on Iran, Ukraine and beyond.
How will the Democrats use their new powers? What will the result mean for Trump’s war on Iran and the stability of global energy supplies? And how will the repudiation of Trump’s second term echo around the world?
Bronwen Maddox is joined by Laurel Rapp, Lindsay Newman and Andrew Payne of Chatham House’s US and North America Programme to make sense of a seismic week.
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