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The number of countries with female political leaders has plummeted Kelsey Coolidge and Curtis Bell - January 9, 2017 [caption id="attachment_49686" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Hillary Clinton makes a concession speech
Most nations going to the Olympics won’t bring home a medal. Here’s why they compete anyway. Danyel Reiche - August 4, 2016 Sending a delegation to the Olympics builds national identity.
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How the West selectively promotes democracy through sanctions Christian von Soest and Michael Wahman - January 10, 2015 In late 2014, Venezuela, a longtime U.S. adversary in international
I think some readers of the Monkey Cage are not regular readers of the Monkey Cage Andrew Gelman - July 13, 2012 Commenter Jason writes: Poor whites are very much the republican
And Yet More on Twitter and Iran Henry Farrell - June 18, 2009 Stephen Hawking once wrote a paper where the title of