Politics
Ideological polarization, propaganda, and the evolution of political thought—this page covers the trends and news that will influence the future of politics.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/us-israel-tweet-about-golan-heights-trump-upends-decades-us-policy-territorial-recognition
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Stratfor
A U.S. recognition of Israeli claims on land it captured in 1967 could open the door for other territorial disputes to be settled by force.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/how-russia-makes-power-plays-european-politics
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Stratfor
Among the Kremlin's many hybrid warfare tactics is the subtle art of exploiting conservative and anti-liberal European movements for its own interests.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/07/10/were-living-in-an-age-of-minority-rule/
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Washington Post
A minority Senate will confirm a justice appointed by a minority president to give a minority control of the Supreme Court.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/how-putin-russian-opposition-navalny-election-grudinin-yavlinsky-yabloko
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Stratfor
Another term for Vladimir Putin is all but a foregone conclusion, but addressing opposition concerns will keep the Kremlin busy over the next six years.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/meaning-geography-changing-not-disappearing
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Stratfor
Like so many of Stratfor's contributors, I spend a lot of time thinking about geography. In the past, I have even suggested that geography has been the main force determining the different fates of each part of the planet for the past 20,000 years. But Is the meaning of geography changing so much that it has ceased to mean anything at all?
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https://phys.org/news/2019-12-country-green-stanford-paths-countries.html
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Phys
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4HZ6fOEzVM
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Eventful Conferences
George Friedman, Geopolitical Forecaster & Strategist, and Founder & Chairman @ Geopolitical Futures Keynotes 'Best Practices for Oil & Gas' 2016 on "The Nex...
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https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/automation-bad-reason-to-expand-welfare-state/
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National Review
I suspect it’s not really about helping American workers.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/basic-income-link-work-and-pay-high-ceo-salaries-switzerland-finland-netherlands-a7068656.html
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Independent
We don’t think a handsomely paid chief executive might be demotivated by their large income, but suggest £70 a week for every citizen would mean we’d take to our couches en masse
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17855358/jeff-bezos-day-one-fund-nonprofit-preschool-amazon
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The Verge
A year after asking for suggestions on philanthropy, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is unveiling his first projects. The highlight will be the creation of a network for nonprofit preschools that are to be built in low-income communities and accept students at no charge.
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/18/eastern-mediterranean-greece-turkey-warship-geopolitical-showdown/
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Foreign Policy
The region’s powers and the West are facing off against Turkey—and Turkey is not going down without a fight.
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https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Can-Anything-Challenge-Qatars-LNG-Dominance.htmlhttps://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Can-Anything-Challenge-Qatars-LNG-Dominance.html
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Oil Price
Qatar is doubling down on its LNG efforts, securing a major $750 million development deal and saving its highly-criticized energy relationship with Pakistan
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/legislative-proposal-reflects-russias-post-putin-dilemma
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Stratfor
Moscow's efforts to limit the powers of future presidents, including a new push to strengthen the State Council, could expose Putin to potential challenges in upcoming elections.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/journey-russian-enigma
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Stratfor
For 2019, Stratfor has forecast the continuation of problems between Russia and the West, a marriage of convenience between Moscow and China and more. But what do Russians think about all of this? We set off to find out.
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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/donald-trump-complains-us-subsidising-military-of-wealthy-countries-like-saudi-arabia-japan-1924495
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NDTV
US President Donald Trump on Saturday complained that the US is "subsidizing" the military of Middle East ally Saudi Arabia, as well as Japan and South Korea.
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Insight posts
The global minimum tax is designed to force large multinational companies to pay their taxes responsibly, but will developing nations benefit?
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/07/revealed-30-year-economic-betrayal-dragging-down-generation-y-income
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The Guardian
Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealth
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https://www.chronicle.com/article/congress-should-scrutinize-higher-eds-use-of-predictive-analytics-watchdog-says?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_4408251_nl_Academe-Today_date_20220606&cid=at&source=&sourceid=
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Chronicle
They’re the invisible infrastructure undergirding many recruitment efforts and financial-aid offers.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/how-geopolitics-bringing-nationalism-back-spain
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Stratfor
Nationalism has been creeping into the mainstream of many European countries for the past decade, but only now is it reaching Spain, in large part due to Catalonia's independence movement.
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https://onezero.medium.com/a-bill-of-rights-for-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence-d9b1c0e80bac
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Medium
If robots don’t have exactly the same consciousness as humans, then this is used as an excuse to give them different rights, analogous to arguments that other tribes or races are less than human.
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https://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2017/6/28/the-truth-is-distributed
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Eugene Wei
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/16/canada-liberal-party-considers-decriminalization-all-illicit-drugs
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The Guardian
The push towards decriminalization comes as the opioid crisis continues to claim thousands of lives on both sides of the 49th parallel