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Laura Brampton If Joe Biden doesn’t willingly resign, there’s another solution, which would allow Democrats to unite around a new incumbent. [Black and white photo of U.S. President Joe Biden at the June 27 2024 CNN debate. The photographer has manipulated the image to appear blurred and unfocused.] …
July, 2024
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9 July
Biden Faces Increasing Pressure from His Own Party Amid 2024 Election Concerns
Diana Casey As lawmakers reconvene on Capitol Hill this week, the focus is shifting to President Joe Biden’s viability as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 election. This comes amid growing concerns that Biden’s faltering poll numbers could jeopardize Democratic efforts to secure majorities in both the House …
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3 July
France at a Crossroads: Macron’s Gamble and the Rise of the Far-Right
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 …
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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 …
