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Felix Beilin
Interstate conflicts don’t happen very often anymore. One hallmark feature of the New World Order has been a rapid decline in open, unmediated wars between two established states--particularly those with powerful allies. But just a couple of weeks ago, on November 9th, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement that has so far held steady. The two countries had been embroiled in a weeks-long fight over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian-majority territory with its own breakaway government, but which has nonetheless been internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. In this post, we’ll do a little background on the causes of the conflict. Then we’ll jump into some analysis of the aftermath of the conflict, and what it means for various trends in regional and international relations.
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Grayson Willenbacher
Political Union has opened its blog to submissions from members of the Northwestern community. The views of the authors of posts in this series are not reflective of the views of Political Union or its executive board. If you would like to submit an essay for publication on this blog, or want more information about the review process, please click here. Responses to this submission are welcome. Not even fascism could unite the Democratic Party. Zack Lori
Following last week's announcement that Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is very effective, Political Union has decided to debate whether or not taking a coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory when one is released to the public. With this in mind, here is some information about coronavirus vaccine polling and the status of mandatory vaccinations in the United States. Felix Beilin
Joe Biden’s presidency-elect has begun. What comes next is a battle over the agenda for the first portion of the Biden presidency. One important determinant of the construction of the Biden agenda will be the makeup of his cabinet and the political views of his closest advisers. In this post we’ll take a look at the dynamics of cabinet appointment negotiations, and whom Biden may be considering to fill some of the most important roles. Felix Beilin
The election finally came to a conclusion on Saturday morning, and Vice President Joe Biden became President-Elect Joe Biden. As soon as Biden cleared a .5% margin in Pennsylvania, the Associated Press called the election for him, and other decision desks soon followed. Some other states remain too close to call: as of Saturday evening, not all desks have ruled out the possibility of a Trump win in Nevada or a Biden win in North Carolina, and Georgia and Wisconsin are both all but certain to head to recounts. But Biden didn’t need those states to win the presidency, and several news outlets have thoroughly fact-checked the President’s claims of rampant election fraud, finding little to back them up. Carter Rothman
Political Union has opened its blog to submissions from members of the Northwestern community. The views of the authors of posts in this series are not reflective of the views of Political Union or its executive board. If you would like to submit an essay for publication on this blog, or want more information about the review process, please click here. Responses to this submission are welcome. Many of you are aware of the protests that took place outside of President Morton O. Schapiro’s home on the night of October 17 demanding he divest from the campus police department and reinvest that money in entities which support the wellbeing of Black students on campus. In response to these protests, Dr. Schapiro condemned the protesters in a message sent to the Northwestern community. In turn, the group that organized the protest, Northwestern University Community Not Cops (NUCNC) issued a press release defending its actions, sharing the press release on social media. Several departments and student organizations have since voiced their support for NUCNC and/or criticized the language of Dr. Schapiro’s email. We know you’ve been watching election returns, and Political Union has been too. Here are several initial reactions from executive board members (none of which speak for the club as a whole) about races they were watching or trends they were noticing as election night unfolded.
Zack Lori
Does your vote matter? It's up for tomorrow's debaters to decide what it even means for a vote to matter in the first place, so I won't try to provide possible answers to this question in today's blog post. However, I can provide some hopefully interesting information on Americans’ faith in the political system and voter turnout rates, which perhaps say something about whether Americans thought their votes mattered in the past and whether they think their votes matter this year. |
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