Buy Us a Coffee (and Keep EA Growing)

Since its launch last November, Enduring America has grown from an academic blog read by hundreds of contacts to a cutting-edge website for latest news and analysis, read by thousands of visitors and followers on Twitter and Facebook as well as by insiders in politics, media, and academia. But, to be honest with you, we're now beyond maximum capacity. So we're asking a favour...

Enduring America Slows Down for Some Music

I'll be at the Latitude music festival this weekend which, given my age, is very cool, very sad, or very foolish. Mike Dunn will be watching over the website, taking your comments, information, and ideas for stories.

Thanks to all who have made this a record month for Enduring America....

The Secrecy of Dick Cheney: Scott Lucas on the BBC

I spoke on Monday with BBC Radio Five's "Up All Night" programme, specifically on today's story that Vice President Dick Cheney ordered the CIA to withhold information from Congress about a CIA counter-terrorism programme, generally on the expansion (sometimes illegal) of Executive power under the George W. Bush Administration. The interview begins at the 17-minute mark of the programme.

Enduring America On the Road: The Clinton Institute Summer School

I will be joining our partners at the Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin, for their annual (and one-of-a-kind) Summer School in American Studies. Part of the chat will be about US foreign policy and how information/analysis is changing because of new media and blogs like Enduring America.

While I'm away, Mike Dunn will be watching the shop. Iran is still keeping us occupied, but I hope to return with a close look at the latest (often unreported) developments in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Iran: Scott Lucas Audio Interview with Fintan Dunne

The Latest from Iran (1 July): The Opposition Regroups

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Fintan Dunne, a freelance journalist who has already spoken with Professor Muhammad Sahimi of Tehran Bureau and with Professor Hamid Dabashi, was one of the most demanding interviews I've done recently but also one of the most rewarding, covering both the immediate and long-term conflicts and possibilities in the Iranian situation.