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Elections
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Ramifications of India’s Choice in the National Elections Now Taking Place
India cast its first votes for the 2014 general elections in the northeastern state of Assam Monday morning. The results of the current election could have wide-ranging consequences that …
Democratic Despair
The latest municipal elections in France have been analyzed and interpreted as a rebuff for the so-called “socialist” President Hollande.
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Obama Administration Faces Diplomatic Isolation in Latin America on Venezuela
If the Obama administration wants to improve its relations with the region, it could start by joining the rest of the hemisphere in accepting the results of democratic elections.
Suspicion Surrounds Salvadoran Presidential Election Run-Off
There is a dense fog of suspicion surrounding the final round of El Salvador's presidential elections on March 9th. There have been social media reports of bankers and business …
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If Hillary Is the Only Candidate, Where Does She Stand on Keystone XL?
Robert Naiman: Hillary Clinton may be the only candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, but we still need to know what her positions are.
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An Elegantly Simple Way to Revolutionize Government
A game theory-inspired mechanism is proposed to destroy the evil root of mass deception in politics.
In Latin American Votes, Honduran Movements Cement Role While El Salvador Poised for Historic Shift
Historian and Latin America expert Greg Grandin looks at two recent elections in Latin America with historic implications.
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The New French Revolution
New theorists and activists argue that France's “representative democracy” is neither democratic nor representative, and they argue for a return to the Athenian model.
Ways & Means to Americans: Get Lost
At the Ways and Means website, one of the first things the GOP did was to cut off email contact between ordinary Americans and possibly the most powerful tax-writing …
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If Crowds Are Wise, Why Isn’t Congress?
Today Congress is dumb, in cognitive diversity one of the dumbest in the world perhaps. But, it can smarten up rather easily on some simple electoral reforms.