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Good to Know: Issue importance in politics

Alexander Kustov and James Dennison - August 26, 2024
Here's how voters’ priorities matter.
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Will new tensions in the Middle East draw the U.S. into a major war?

Stacie Goddard - August 23, 2024
As mediators try to broker a ceasefire in Gaza, the danger of escalation remains high.
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Good to Know: The offense-defense balance

Stacie Goddard - August 20, 2024
The technology and tactics behind Ukraine's August 2024 offensive into Russian territory.
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Good to Know: The U.S. and its military alliances

Brett Ashley Leeds - August 14, 2024
A closer look at what the U.S. gains from forming defense pacts.
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Good to Know: What is sociotropic voting?

Alexander Kustov - August 13, 2024
Why the national economy matters more than voters’ pocketbooks.
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Trump wants Nixon’s impoundment power. What’s impoundment?

Andrew Rudalevige - May 15, 2024
Good to Know – another installment in the presidential power series.
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Good To Know: The Eurovision Song Contest

Alexandra Guisinger - May 7, 2024
Why Eurovision is a model of the best and worst of international cooperation.
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Good to Know: Public backlash

Alexander Kustov - May 6, 2024
It’s important to understand the role – and risk – of backlash in today’s politics.
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Good to Know: U.S. war powers

Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024
Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?
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Good to Know: Intersectionality

Zein Murib - February 1, 2024
It’s a way of looking at how laws, institutions, and identities are shaped by numerous interlocking forces such as bias about race, sex, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexuality.