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The Danger of Deplatforming Trump

2021-01-17

Efforts to remove Donald Trump’s online platform have been widely praised as crucial to mitigating the risk of further incitement of violence...

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What Lifted Trump Could Sink Biden

2020-12-29

Donald Trump managed to receive 74 million votes despite countless failures for the simple reason that he presided over three years of a high-pressure economy ...

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The US Military After 4 Years of a Trump Presidency

2020-11-25

How has Trump done in the last four years? The fact is that it is a mixed bag. Trump is drawing down US forces in the Middle East despite serious opposition in the US military bureaucracy...

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Trump Bruited Strike on Iran Civilian Nuclear Facilities, Which May Kill as Many as Did Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima

2020-11-25

They say that vice president Mike Pence, secretary of state Mike Pompeo and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen...

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Why Trump Cries Electoral Fraud

2020-11-09

US President Donald Trump, perhaps unsurprisingly, has alleged fraud in the November 3 presidential election, without offering what anyone would consider real evidence...

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The 2020 Presidential Election – Who will win?

2020-11-03

For all the faith given to polls, they have been somewhat unreliable over the years. There was the 1948 presidential election that showed Dewey ahead of Truman by a sizable percentage.

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An American Civil War

2020-10-25

Who Are the Would Players?

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Is America’s Global Prestige Growing, Shrinking, or about the Same?

2020-10-01

It appears that the survey was delayed bringing the results out closer to the US presidential election to impact them.

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Is Trump a Turning Point in World Politics?

2020-09-05

Will Donald Trumps presidency mark a major turning point in world history, or was it a minor historical accident? Trumps electoral appeal may turn on domestic politics...

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Trump's Strategy on Use of Federal Law Enforcement

2020-08-03

When the American colonies won their independence from England, England recognized each of the 13 colonies as an independent, sovereign nation.

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Conservatives Versus Trump

2020-07-12

US President Donald Trumps most trenchant critics are not to be found on the political left. The most effective assaults are coming from the political right, where "Never Trumpers"...

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China Is Not the Hero of the Pandemic

2020-04-01

You can criticize Trump without parroting Beijings propaganda.

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Plagued by Trumpism

2020-03-12

The COVID-19 crisis is rich in lessons, especially for the United States. One takeaway is that viruses do not carry passports; in fact, they don’t observe national borders – or nationalist rhetoric – at all.

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How Important Will Middle Eastern Politics Be in the U.S. Election This Year?

2020-03-07

A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.

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The U.S. Government Is Vulnerable to Virus Chaos

2020-03-06

Reshaping institutions and funding can help save lives.

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A Tale of Two Demagogues

2020-03-02

Economic nationalism is on the rise, and democracy is on the wane. Given those worrying trends, the recent meetings in India between US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may yet come to be seen as the apotheosis of dystopia.

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Another Year of Living Dangerously

2020-01-25

Governments, and ultimately people, can reverse the alarming trends of 2019. But 2020 will be another year of living dangerously if short-term policies continue to be pursued at the expense of long-term vision.

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Can Iran Outlast Trump?

2019-12-11

Rather than attempting to beat Iran into submission with escalating economic sanctions, the international community should be attempting to guide it toward greater openness...

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Erdogan Visits the White House

2019-11-18

Although a NATO partner, Turkey has purchased the Russian air defense system. And, Turkey and the US stand on different sides when it comes to Syria.

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Across a divided nation, skepticism about impeachment

2019-09-28

Protesters call to impeach President Trump in front of the White House on Sept. 24

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How close does the Ukraine scandal bring Donald Trump to impeachment?

2019-09-24

Democrats are torn: the president may have abused his office, but be unimpeachable

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The Real Reason Trump Won’t Attack Iran

2019-09-19

Starting a war to protect oil markets will only backfire.

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Bolton Out at National Security Council

2019-09-16

On Tuesday, National Security Advisor John Bolton was fired by President Trump or he resigned, depending on who one believes.

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Democracies in Danger

2019-08-19

Recent unilateral decisions by the Indian, American, and British governments are part of a worrying trend in the worlds leading democracies.

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