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Over the next month and a half, Extemp Central will provide R&Ds on the topic areas for the 2022 NSDA National Tournament. USX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Thursday and IX topic areas will have R&Ds posted on Tuesday & Friday. This is meant to help extempers assemble resources to prepare for the competition in Louisville. This week we tackle IX topic area #5 on elections.
Colombia’s upcoming election could deliver the country’s first left-wing president, an outcome with the potential to transform Bogota’s approaches to economic policy, peace negotiations, and foreign relations. Here’s what to know. https://t.co/GyIoYXPfHm
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) May 25, 2022
Evangelicals are key to Brazil’s upcoming election https://t.co/QUXxa3m5WB
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 19, 2022
Europe’s once surging movement of nationalist populists suffered a significant setback in Slovenia on Sunday, on the same day French voters rejected the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in their presidential election.https://t.co/BbinEKWChD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 25, 2022
The Russian threat to Ukraine is not the only potential crisis in Eastern Europe this year. Bosnia and Herzegovina is heading for a period of deep political turmoil, with a key election scheduled for October, writes @carlbildt. https://t.co/ipSyBYMdJL
— Project Syndicate (@ProSyn) January 17, 2022
The election of opposition candidate Anthony Albanese reflects voters’ rejection of the former prime minister and his policies. James Curran explains what it means for Australia’s foreign policy. https://t.co/2SGTyLPr0A
— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) May 24, 2022
Philippines election result is a win for dynasty politics https://t.co/G5lDwSVrnW
— The Guardian (@guardian) May 26, 2022
As Libya continues its downward trajectory, international mediation should focus on keeping the country’s institutions unified and building the environment for an agreed-upon and well-prepared election.https://t.co/lIOawTFTYR
— Foreign Policy (@ForeignPolicy) February 22, 2022
The results of France’s presidential election show the country’s left-right divide durably weakened, @celiabelin & @BlochAgneska write. New fault lines are emerging, geographically and politically, between the center and the periphery. https://t.co/tKAz52om6E
— Brookings Foreign Policy (@BrookingsFP) May 8, 2022
Fresh from an election victory last month, Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary has declared a “state of emergency” in the country, using the war in Ukraine as a pretext to further entrench his power. https://t.co/1owrysTHgS
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) May 26, 2022
The election of Sinn Fein as the biggest party in Northern Ireland’s Assembly is a historic moment — the first time an Irish nationalist party, rather than a British unionist one, has topped the voting.https://t.co/dDD5BqJlQJ
— Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) May 8, 2022