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John Mark Hansen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, is a former coordinator of the research task force on the federal election system for the National Commission on Federal Election Reform, an independent, bipartisan commission which was co-chaired by former US Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford.

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  1. Trump’s Relentless Fraud About Election Fraud
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    Trump’s Relentless Fraud About Election Fraud

    Oct 29, 2024 John Mark Hansen explains why the former US president has recently revived his baseless allegations that he won in 2020.

  2. The Republicans’ Critical Race War
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    The Republicans’ Critical Race War

    Mar 7, 2023 John Mark Hansen shows that US conservatives are enacting, as an electoral strategy, the very theory they have been vilifying.

  3. What Price McCarthy?
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    What Price McCarthy?

    Jan 7, 2023 John Mark Hansen sees the stalemate in the US House of Representatives as a bad omen for both the GOP and the country.

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    Don’t Dismiss the BRICS

    Joschka Fischer thinks it would be a serious mistake for Western strategists to ignore the bloc and what it represents.
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    Can India Become a Developed Economy by Mid-Century?

    Anne O. Krueger urges policymakers to resume key structural reforms and streamline regulations that stifle business activity.
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    Why Many Workers Now Vote Republican

    Eric Posner explains how the failures of neoliberalism came to benefit the traditional party of business.
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    Japan’s Electoral Stalemate

    Takatoshi Ito

    Despite losing its parliamentary majority, the Liberal Democratic Party is poised to form a minority government. But with a fragile administration dependent on ad hoc negotiations with small opposition parties, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru will struggle to advance his agenda, suggesting his premiership may be short-lived.

     considers the political and economic implications of the ruling bloc’s loss of its parliamentary majority.
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    Trump’s Relentless Fraud About Election Fraud

    John Mark Hansen explains why the former US president has recently revived his baseless allegations that he won in 2020.
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    Sinophobia and US Election Lies

    Stephen S. Roach laments that facts – especially about China – are in short supply as the presidential race tightens.
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    Charting a Course for Coastal Resilience

    Karen Sack urges policymakers and business leaders to take the climate and biodiversity crises littorally.
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    Prosperity Requires a Healthy Planet

    Axel van Trotsenburg outlines how countries can foster inclusive growth while shielding people from the effects of climate change.
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    The US Election and America’s Future

    From the economy to foreign policy to democratic institutions, the two US presidential candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, promise to pursue radically different agendas, reflecting sharply diverging visions for the United States and the world. Why is the race so nail-bitingly close, and how might the outcome change America?

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