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Even If Joe Biden Wins, He Will Govern in Donald Trump’s America
The car horns blared as Joe Biden took the stage just before 1 a.m.—not to proclaim victory, but to urge his supporters not to lose hope,…
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OK, America, so what the hell happens now?
Donald Trump hasn’t lost, but then again, Joe Biden hasn’t won. Rule nothing out, except maybe optimism With the future and democratic reputation of the American…
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Either Trump or Biden Will Win. But Our Deepest Problems Will Remain.
For politics to function, we need to act at the local, personal level. A presidential election naturally concentrates our country’s attention. For a time, everything seems…
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Killings in Bangladesh push bipartisan US call for sanctions
Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion is reportedly responsible for the extrajudicial killings of 400 people since 2015 On October 27, the Democratic ranking member of the US…
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The Pandemic, Science, and the Presidential Election
The question of the pandemic was placed in the first and most important place in the two formal presidential debates and also the vice presidential debate,…
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Protections & threats
The bad news is that the president and his minions are working overtime to suppress the vote and transfer the locus of political decision making away…
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World leaders should stop politicizing religion
We have seen in the past month a dangerous trend of politicizing religion, starting with French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech in which he described Islam as…
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Why schools probably aren’t COVID hotspots
Young children are unlikely to spread the virus — but older kids are more at risk, say researchers. Data gathered worldwide are increasingly suggesting that schools…
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As the world watches the US election, the appeal of America is diminished
A US presidential election always draws intense worldwide interest, in part due to the spectacle, but also because the leadership of the most powerful country in…
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Why Asia is better at beating the pandemic than Europe: the key lies in civility
The continent is experiencing a much milder second wave of the coronavirus than Europe due to the public spirit of the people, argues the philosopher Byung-Chul…
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Five Decades of Bangladesh Economy Macro Economic Management
Bangladesh, geographically, lies between 20 °34" and 26 °38" N latitude and 88 °01" and 92 °41' E longitude, has an area of 147,570 Sq. km,…
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How U.S. Elections Could Impact EU-Russia Relations
Even a partial restoration of transatlantic unity under a President Biden will be a blow to the official Kremlin narrative about the inexorable movement of the…
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Russia Policy Priorities for a Biden Presidency
No aspect of Trump’s foreign policy has been more surprising than his relationship with Putin. A Biden presidency committed to rebuilding alliances and reviving democratic solidarity…
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Three New Ways Civil Society Is Protecting the U.S. Election
In the final frenzied days before the U.S. election, many voters are nervous about the risk of violence and whether the results will be considered legitimate.…
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How COVID-19 is shaping the way Europeans think about politicians
COVID-19 is an unprecedented doom loop between a severe health crisis and grave economic repercussions. Government interventions to handle the outbreak and its aftermath first stopped…
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Chile wants a new constitution. Here’s why
In a national referendum on Sunday, Chileans overwhelmingly voted in favor of a new constitution. But, why are people in this oasis of political stability and…