Int’l Affairs

Challenges for the next president and how to avoid war with China Question: What does Trump’s victory mean for America’s role in the world? HK: Well, it could enable us to establish coherence between our foreign policy and our domestic situation. There is obviously a gap between the public’s and elite’s perception of the role of US foreign policy. I …

A Air war: The battle between candidates to get as much advertising on television and radio as possible. Absentee voting: It allows voters who cannot come to polling places to cast their ballots. The voter mails the absentee ballot before election day and it is counted on election day. Accessible voting station: Voting station equipped for individuals with disabilities. B …

The election for the President of the United States is always an interesting event and there are many peculiarities in it that attract special interest and attention of the students of US political system. One such peculiarity is the system of Electoral College which is actually a process, not a place. Anyone watching the presidential race needs to understand that …

Campaign for the US Presidential Election always attracts interest from across the globe. During the political conventions, the presidential hopefuls present the plans they want to execute in future. These plans cover a wide range of areas from foreign policy to internal security and from immigration to economy. On November 08, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will be vying for …

Two years ago, I argued that America was suffering from political decay. The country’s constitutional system of checks and balances, combined with partisan polarization and the rise of well-financed interest groups, had combined to yield “vetocracy,” a situation in which it was easier to stop government from doing things than it was to use government to promote the common good.  …

Given the changing dynamics of the global order, the US presidential election 2016 has gained wider attention not only from domestic quarters but also from the world over. From the presidential campaign and the debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton one can get idea what each of them wants to do after entering the White House as 45th President …

The world is increasingly becoming a dangerous place. Some analysts even argue that it is more perilous than it was during the Cold War era. It is especially due to the spectre of terrorism and the unending war led by the United States to fight it. Since the US spearheads the global antiterrorism campaign, continuing it effectively will be the …

The US presidential election is unique in the sense that the President is not directly elected by the people; it’s the Electoral College that elects him and it’s a distinctive compromise between the election by the US Congress and by popular vote. Currently, there are 538 Electors from all States and a vote of majority — 270 votes — is …

The Middle East, like many regions in the world, is, and will be, influenced with the results of the American presidential election. That’s why leaders of the Middle Eastern nations have been keenly observing the whole election process so that they could draw up the policies to deal with the new president. Although both major presidential candidates — Hillary Clinton …

In the contemporary world, the influx of refugees has emerged as the most daunting challenge for all states in the global system. Even Europe and the US are facing this growing phenomenon after the Arab Spring in general and during the ongoing Syrian crisis in particular, despite the fact that they have the most rigid border controls in the world. …