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Polish authorities are investigating what they initially believed to be a Russian-made missile blast close to the border with Ukraine. Later, the country’s president said it was likely to have been an accident.
Despite America’s deep divisions, the electioneering showed democracy’s resilience. This should be a boost for democracy advocates across Africa.
An expert on international education explains the forces behind the drop in students from China and the jump in students from India studying in the US.
The G20 meets this week as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, soaring energy prices and economic slowdown places leaders at odds with one another.
In the hard-fought contest between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz for the US Senate, Fetterman slammed Oz with charges he was a carpetbagger. That may have helped Fetterman win the race.
Some analysts think Russia’s withdrawal may be a ruse, to draw Ukrainian troops into urban warfare.
Veterans of past wars have long been at the forefront of peace advocacy in the United States.
Many of the world’s most powerful and aspiring leaders are aging or elderly men. That’s a big problem.
The Republicans have not done as well as predicted in the US midterm results.
People’s belief in American democracy is undermined by regular changes to state voting laws.
Some Republicans have claimed that a crisis exists on the US southern border. But federal immigration statistics tell a different story about the GOP’s overblown numbers.
This week’s US midterm elections will likely see big changes to who controls Congress.
Inflation, abortion and state of US democracy rank among the top issues facing voters before the midterm elections, regardless of race, ethnicity or party affiliation.
A scholar who studies the morality of debt argues why canceling some student debt is fair.
Republicans and democrats alike have accused each other of threatening the foundations of democracy. How legitimate are these fears?
How the crises in geopolitics and the world economy could affect us over the next two to five years.
The US midterm election could see many deniers of election results gain office.
As the fastest-growing racial group in the US, Asian Americans form an important voting bloc and could play a key role in swing states, write two political scientists.
With less than a month until the US midterms, the economy may play the decisive role in the outcome- and that may be difficult for Biden and the Democrats.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
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