In Malaysia, A Political Stalwart Bows Out
At last week’s election, the extraordinary, six-decade-long political journey of Mahathir Mohamad reached its quiet terminus. Read More Here.
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U.S. House Set To Give Biden Huge Win With $430 Bln Bill On Climate, Drug Prices
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Friday on a $430 billion bill to fight climate change and lower prescription drug prices, in what Democrats view as a major political win for President Joe Biden. Read More Here
The End Of Boris’s Illusion
By clinging on through scandal after scandal, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has certainly demonstrated the power of positive thinking. But the problem with “Prozac leadership,” as some researchers call it, is that it can take a politician – and a country – only so far before reality reasserts itself. Read More Here Also Read: […]
India’s Opposition Can’t Beat Modi Without The ‘Grand Old Party’
With the 2024 parliamentary election firmly in their sights, key opposition parties across India are appearing to make plans on how to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The operative phrase here is “appearing to”. Read More Here
Iran Votes In An All But Decided Presidential Poll
Iranians voted in a presidential election on Friday amid concerns over a low turnout with the conservative head of the judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, widely seen as the frontrunner. Nearly 60 million eligible voters in Iran will decide the fate of four candidates in the fray to succeed President Hassan Rouhani. Read More Here Also Read | […]
Biden Turns To Familiar Faces To Grapple With A Changed World
If President-elect Joe Biden’s emerging national security team looks awfully familiar, that’s because it is — with most of the names announced so far those of people who held senior jobs in the Barack Obama administration. But the world they’ll inherit has changed significantly, often for the worse, since they were last in power. Read […]
Myanmar Results Point To Aung San Suu Kyi’s Enduring Popularity
The NLD has scored largely because of Suu Kyi. This is despite the patchy record of the current NLD government in terms of pushing the country’s development or in taking forward the ethnic peace and reconciliation process. Hugely popular still, she is seen as someone who could stand up to the military. Read Here | […]
Will Trump Versus Biden End In Chaos?
As Donald Trump launches a legal battle to stop Joe Biden from claiming the presidency, America is at a crossroads. Seldom has the country been more divided culturally and politically… In the coming weeks, there are bound to be fresh debates about the future of the GOP and Trump’s role in it as well as […]
Biden Expands Paths To Victory By Pulling Ahead In Pennsylvania, Georgia
Joe Biden pulled narrowly ahead of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Friday, hours after doing the same in Georgia, making it more certain than ever that Democrats will reclaim the White House. After trailing Trump by hundreds of thousands of votes on Election Day in Pennsylvania, Biden steadily ate into his margins as more mail-in […]
Trump Vs. Biden Is Truly the Most Consequential Election Of Our Lifetime
If Biden wins the Presidency and his party finds itself in control of the Senate, Democrats will certainly reverse many of the policies implemented by his predecessor, but the more important and far-reaching consequences of a Biden victory will be fundamental changes to the very structure of the republic. Read Here | The National Interest
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