Political Science

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Foreign Policy
American Values & American Foreign Policy - Commentary
commentarymagazine.com - Nathan Glazer
The United States is probably the only major country in the world in which it is taken quite as a matter of course that people will talk seriously …
National Review
Russia Probe
Get Over It — Trump’s Probably Not Going Anywhere
National Review - Rich Lowry
Why would Trump ever quit? The walls supposedly are always closing in on Donald Trump. The end is always beginning. He’s going to quit. He’s going to …
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Politics
Emergency Politics Podcast: What If Trump Told Cohen To Lie To Congress?
FiveThirtyEight
FiveThirtyEight In this emergency installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew reacts to a BuzzFeed News report that “President …
Independent Mediaadded this to IOL News
Bogota
Death toll in Colombia bombing rises to 21 as threats linger
iol.co.za - By JOSHUA GOODMAN
Colombian authorities were scrambling to identify who was behind a brazen car bombing at a police academy in Bogota that has rattled residents.
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World News
Serbia smiles eastward as Putin visit builds ties
Euronews - euronews
Moscow aims to be the closest ally of Serbia, leveraging the latter's reliance on Russian gas. The EU accession process requires Serbia to resolve a dispute with its former province of Kosovo that became
Reuters UK
Chinese Communist Party
Chinese police must guard against 'colour revolutions', says top official
Reuters UK - by Christian Shepherd
BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s police must focus on withstanding “colour revolutions”, or popular uprisings, and treat the defence of China’s political system as central to their work, the top law-enforcement
South-east Asia
Deadlier than Iraq: US NGO calls PH ‘war zone in disguise’
abs-cbn.com - Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Palace slams report's 'ignorance, bias' MANILA - A United States-based non-government organization has labeled the Philippines a “war zone in …
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Singaporeans
Singapore former govt stalwart seeks to form new party
thejakartapost.com - The Jakarta Post
A former stalwart of Singapore's long-ruling government and ex-presidential candidate said Friday he is seeking to form a new party ahead of …
Morality
APA Member Interview: Virginia Held
apaonline.org - by Sabrina D. MisirHiralall
by Sabrina D. MisirHiralall Virginia Held is a professor emerita of philosophy at the City University of New York, Graduate School and Hunter College. …
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Ezra Klein
Trump shared ‘serious misconceptions’ about border at shutdown meeting
MSNBC - Steve Benen
Between Jan. 2 and Jan. 9, Donald Trump’s hosted three meetings at the White House with lawmakers to discuss his government shutdown. Each failed …
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News (South Africa)
Sharp rise in number of South Africans leaving the country | City Press
news24.com - Zamayriha Peter
Related Links It’s expected that the number of South Africans leaving the country this year will rise sharply as politics, crime and job security are …
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
AK Party deputy chair: Turkey on verge of bipartite political system
dailysabah.com - www.dailysabah.com
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy chair expressed Thursday that Turkey is on the verge of a new, bipartite, political system …
Arkansas
Representative Denise Garner on listening and fixing income inequality
arktimes.com - Autumn Tolbert
Freshman Democratic state Rep. Denise Garner of Fayetteville gained national attention in her successful race against former Republican Rep. Charlie …
Business (India)
The Compulsive Contrarian and his Manufactured Logic: Arun Jaitley tears into Leftists and Congress
opindia.com - www.opindia.com
Arun Jaitley, India’s Finance Minister, took to Facebook today to write a scathing blog against Rahul Gandhi and Congress. He also tore into the …
Bloombergadded this to Politics
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Graft Talk Means Jail -- for the Accuser -- in Newest NATO State
Bloomberg - Misha Savic
A prominent opposition lawmaker in NATO’s newest member has learned that a graft accusation may mean a jail sentence. Nebojsa Medojevic spent almost …
Minsk
Population Flight From Rural Belarus: The Security Implications
jamestown.org
Nikolai Statkevich, a leader of the opposition Belarusian National Congress, warned in late December 2018 that, if Moscow sends troops into Belarus …
World Economic Forum
Global Perspectives
We can make sure Globalization 4.0 leaves no one behind. This is how
weforum.org - Børge Brende
This week government, business and civil society leaders from around the world will make their annual trek to the small Alpine town of Davos, …
Human Rights
Egypt: New Moves to Crush Dissent
hrw.org - www.hrw.org
(Beirut, January 17) – Egyptian authorities increasingly relied on counterterrorism and state of emergency laws to crush peaceful dissent during …
France
Uniting for a Green New Deal
counterpunch.org - Kevin Zeese - Margaret Flowers
Support is growing in the United States for a Green New Deal. Though there are competing visions for what that looks like, essentially, a Green New …
The Dallas Morning Newsadded this to The Dallas Morning News
Dallas, TX
Richardson ISD settles Voting Rights lawsuit, will change how board members are elected
dallasnews.com - Charles Scudder
The Richardson school board has reached a settlement in a Voting Rights Act lawsuit that challenged how trustees are elected. The board is currently …
The Hindu Groupadded this to The Hindu
Indian Constitution
We will repeat Tripura in Kerala, says Modi
thehindu.com - Staff Reporter
Coming down heavily on both the fronts in Kerala and reminding them the example of Tripura, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 15 said the …
Jonathon Starradded this to Games
Citizen Journalism
Well, I have been reliably informed that the government through its agency, the EFCC, prevailed on banks not to lend money
saharareporters.com
Fredrick Nwabufo It is a season of Spartan political campaigns. I am sure you have noticed that “money is not flowing” this season as it did in 2015 …
National Review
Politics
After Brexit and Trump: An Interview with Douglas Murray
National Review - Madeleine Kearns
Study what populists are doing right and adapt rather than keep finding ways to dismiss what may just be ‘popular.’ In an article featured on the …
Miami Heraldadded this to News
Sammy Watkins
AP News in Brief at 12:04 a.m. EST
miamiherald.com - The Associated Press
Trump administration to roll out new missile defense plan WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will roll out a new strategy Thursday for a more …
Gustavo Demoneradded this to Flipboard Latin America
Syrian National Council
World Report 2019: Rights Trends in Brazil
hrw.org
Jair Bolsonaro, a member of Congress who has endorsed torture and other abusive practices, and made openly racist, homophobic and misogynist …
Thomas Mulcair
Covering climate change on the campaign trail
ipolitics.ca - By Paul Adams. Published on Jan 17, 2019 3:20pm
In the run-up to the 1993 election, it was clear that deficits and debt would be an issue. The Mulroney government had been banging on about them for …
Kara Swisher
Ezra Klein and Kara Swisher on the future of journalism — Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher — Overcast
overcast.fm
Vox.com founder and editor-at-large Ezra Klein talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about the press, social media and President Trump in this live …
Human Rights
World Report 2019: Rights Trends in Burundi
hrw.org - www.hrw.org
Burundi’s security services and members of the Imbonerakure, the ruling party youth league, carried out widespread human rights abuses throughout …
FiveThirtyEight
Elections
Will The Shutdown Hurt Trump’s Re-election Chances?
FiveThirtyEight - By Nate Silver
The partial government shutdown is beginning to drag on President Trump’s approval rating, which is at its lowest point in months. As of early …
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Libraries
Vatican City Walls
Atlas Obscura - Tony Dunnell
Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls. Medieval and Renaissance walls form the boundary …