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Political analyst on Blinken’s China visit

Neysun Mahboubi of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the resumption of people-to-people exchange is important in Sino-U.S. relations.

Deliberation and democratic norms in America

Matthew Levendusky of the School of Arts & Sciences discusses the roots of America’s political divide and strategies for overcoming partisan gridlock.

Golfer Phil Mickelson holds a golf club standing on grass and looks into the distance, bending at the waist, in front of a LIV Golf sign and a rock wall.

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PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger

In the wake of the controversial golf deal, Benjamin L. Schmitt of the School of Arts & Sciences and the Kleinman Center discusses “sportswashing,” malign influence campaigns, and steps global democracies can take to prevent it all.

Liberals try to reclaim ‘parents’ rights’ from conservatives in education

Sigal Ben-Porath of the Graduate School of Education says that there’s been an acceleration of progressive education advocacy in response to book bans and anti-LGBTQ efforts.

Unionism’s perpetual anxiety has brought it to a place of despair

Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences is preparing for a border poll 10 years from now in Northern Ireland.

School buildings in crisis

May graduate Alisa Ghura researched safety hazards in school buildings in low-income school districts and examined barriers to change.

The suburbs are still driving American politics, but where are they taking us?

A study by Michael Jones-Correa of the School of Arts & Sciences found that suburban demographics have shifted to include voters of color, helping to produce a 2020 Democratic victory for Joe Biden.

‘Politics in slums highly active and competitive’

Tariq Thachil of the School of Arts & Sciences has co-authored a new book, “Migrants and Machine Politics,” which states that most assumed knowledge about Indian slums is based on myth rather than fact.

Supporters of Turkish President Erdogan wave Turkish flags in the street at night after his runoff win.

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Harun Küçük on the Turkish elections

Harun Küçük, faculty director of the Middle East Center and associate professor in the Department of History and Sociology of Science, shares some takeaways from the runoff elections and what five more years of Erdogan means for Turkey and the world.

Time of reckoning for Sinn Féin

In a letter to the editor, Brendan O’Leary of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the successful implementation of a referendum in favor of Irish reunification requires careful thought about how to reduce the numbers of those who would find losing “almost impossible to accept.”

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