As the U.S. mid-terms approach, Republicans are forecast to lose seats in both chambers, potentially constraining President Trump, while concerns grow over his judgment, age-related mental capacity and sole authority over the nuclear arsenal, prompting calls for new congressional checks and age limits on the presidency.

In Europe and beyond, the U.K. has changed its prime minister, Russia’s Duma elections confirmed Putin’s continuity amid renewed nuclear threats and intensified strikes on Ukraine, and Germany’s chancellor made an unscheduled visit to Kyiv to signal continued Western support.

Israel’s forthcoming elections could weaken or remove Benjamin Netanyahu and reopen debate on the two-state solution; the article warns that the combination of domestic political shifts and ongoing Middle East conflict raises the risk of inadvertent nuclear escalation by 2027.

We have now entered the last quarter of this year and each of the countries which currently affect the direction of the world are due or have had government elections. In the US the mid-term elections are due shortly and these are likely to realise a significant change. The Republican party, which now holds both the houses, Senate and Representatives, are forecast likely to lose a few seats which will constrain the direction that president Trump would like to take the government, albeit Trump does not always take advice from his party and only governs with what his ideas hold! 

In recent discussion on the subject of Artificial Intelligence, the American president implied that safeguards would be provided through having a strong president with a high IQ, i.e. like the present incumbent, and thus there would be no need to be concerned over the ‘dangers’ that........

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