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Lisa Smith Al-Makahleh The decisions made in the coming weeks of the French general election will not only determine the direction of France’s governance but also resonate deeply within the broader European and global contexts. The 2024 French legislative elections have become a pivotal moment for the …
July, 2024
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3 July
The Domestic Political Economy of Germany’s Debt Brake
The SPD and the Greens, the two left-of-center parties in Olaf Scholz’s traffic light coalition, along with their supporters in the media and academia, are continuing to make a lot of public noise about the need to relax Germany’s debt brake. That is very evident in the …
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3 July
Will American Monetocracy Ever Come to an End?
The U.S. is increasingly becoming a nation devoted to the religion of money – run by an ever-smaller group of elites who control it. The U.S. is increasingly becoming a nation devoted to the religion of money – run by an ever-smaller group of elites who control it. …
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3 July
UK election: Top 5 biggest landslides since 1900
If the polls are even close to correct, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party will win Thursday’s U.K. general election with one of the largest majorities in British history. Survation’s final mega poll released Tuesday gave Labour a majority of 318, winning 484 out of the 650 seats in parliament. …
June, 2024
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26 June
Al Batayneh: The Resurgence of Violence in Jordanian Universities Through Political Parties
Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh In his seminal work on political parties, French historian and political theorist Alexis De Tocqueville (1805-1859) classified political parties into two categories: those that mesmerize society with their machinations and those that upend society with their ideas. This dichotomy is especially pertinent today as Jordan …
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26 June
Al-Makahleh: The evolving global order in the wake of geopolitical shifts
Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh As the world grapples with the dramatic shifts in global power dynamics, two pivotal events have particularly reshaped the international landscape: the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Russian military operations in Ukraine. These incidents have sparked intense speculation about the decline of American …
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26 June
Could the Biden-Trump Debate Actually Be a Game Changer?
Despite the incredibly high stakes of the 2024 presidential election, polling on Joe Biden versus Donald Trump has been exceptionally stable and apathy seems to be the prevailing mood among undecided voters. Among political journalists there is, understandably, a longing for game-changing events that will give this rematch …
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23 June
Trilateral Masks Hidden Differences
Hugo Von Essen President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Pyongyang could create challenges in bilateral relations with Beijing. On Tuesday, June 18, Putin made his first official trip to North Korea since 2000 for talks with his fellow autocrat Kim Jong Un. The visit is Putin’s fourth foreign …
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23 June
Inside Iran’s Quds Day Celebration of October 7
The Islamic Republic’s officials and representatives of proxy forces celebrated Hamas and mourned IRGC generals killed in an Israeli strike. In April, the Islamic Republic of Iran once again marked the last Friday of the month of Ramadan as Quds Day. Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian …
