1. What steps do developing countries need to take to bolster their defenses against natural disasters?
2. Is Myanmar gradually becoming more democratic?
3. Why are recent Tibetan protests garnering such little international attention?
4. Could the Libyan civil war pull in other countries?
5. Would Turkey be better served creating a free trade zone in the Middle East than joining the EU?
6. What can end the violence in Yemen?
7. Why is Pakistan refusing to crack down on the Haqqani network?
8. Should Sarkozy be alarmed at the left retaking the French Senate?
9. Will Vladimir Putin easily coast back into the Kremlin next year?
10. How will the decision to give women the right to vote impact Saudi politics?
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1. What steps does Russia need to take to bring more prosperity to its eastern cities?
2. Does the globe need more female leaders?
3. What impact will S&P’s credit downgrade have on the Italian economy?
4. How can fraud be stopped in African elections?
5. What does China’s money buy in the global economy?
6. Is it too late to save the euro?
7. Will Gaddafi ever be brought to justice?
8. How will the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani impact the chance of a negotiated peace in Afghanistan?
9. Will the Palestinian Authority’s membership request at the UN reach the General Assembly?
10. How would a close alliance between Turkey and Egypt impact Israel’s Middle East foreign policy strategy?
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1. Can President Obama’s tax proposal garner full support from the Democratic Party?
2. Is Netflix making the correct decision by splitting itself into two entities?
3. Should the U.S. Postal Service be abolished?
4. Is the gold bubble bursting?
5. Will Ron Paul win more votes in this year’s GOP primary than he did in 2008?
6. Is Rick Perry’s presidential candidacy peaking too early?
7. Why is violent crime falling in the United States?
8. Is the NCAA headed toward the creation of four massive superconferences?
9. What steps should the U.S. take to avoid an embarassing incident over the Palestinians bid for statehood at the United Nations?
10. Should Obama go farther to the left?
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1. Should the loss of Andy Weiner’s Congressional seat cause President Obama to re-evaluate his policies toward Israel?
2. Will President Obama’s jobs bill make it out of Congress?
3. What can be done to decrease African-American unemployment?
4. Was President Obama’s call to kill toughened ozone standards a good economic move?
5. How should the U.S. approach the euro debt crisis?
6. Ten years after 9/11, is it time for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan?
7. Are gifted students being left behind in America’s public schools?
8. Does California or Arizona have the better policy toward illegal immigration?
9. Are the 2011 gubernatorial elections important?
10. How can Mitt Romney counter Rick Perry’s momentum?
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1. Will the conviction of Julius Malema for hate speech only enhance his political stature?
2. Should Egypt’s military revive Hosni Mubarak’s emergency law?
3. With calls in the U.S. to leave, where should the Afghan government turn for aid?
4. How serious are Pakistani promises to crack down on the Taliban?
5. Is Sudan becoming Africa’s Yugoslavia?
6. Would it be in Kenya’s interest to stop the flood of Somali refugees into its territory?
7. Is Victor Yanukovich modeling himself after Vladimir Putin?
8. Did Spain implement austerity measures too quickly?
9. Is Juan Manuel Santos doing a better job forging ties with his neighbors than his predecessor?
10. Are Latin American economies still too dependent on mineral wealth?
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1. Is China’s recent announcement that it will tighten arms sales political posturing?
2. Does the euro debt crisis give Russia a new foreign policy opportunity?
3. Would Afghanistan benefit from a return of the country’s monarchy?
4. How would an increased Turkish naval presence in the Mediterranean impact Israeli security policy?
5. Should African nations be wary of China?
6. Is political unity possible in Zimbabwe as long as Robert Mugabe is alive?
7. Would the fall of the Merkel government trigger the collapse of the euro?
8. Is Hosni Mubarak’s trial in Egypt pure political theatre?
9. What should the international community due to secure Libya’s weapons stockpile?
10. Is it in Pakistan’s best interest to distance itself from the United States?
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1. Could Libya turn into a U.S. foreign policy disaster?
2. Should organized labor move to the political center?
3. What should be done to save the U.S. Postal Service?
4. Who will be in this year’s Super Bowl?
5. Should the federal government aggressively prosecute the heads of major banks for causing the 2008 financial meltdown?
6. Is it too late for Sarah Palin to launch a presidential campaign?
7. Would a trillion dollar stimulus package increase employment?
8. Will the GOP sweep the 2011 gubernatorial elections?
9. Is Mitt Romney “too establishment” to win the GOP primary?
10. What should President Obama say in his upcoming address on the economy?
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1. Is there too much, or too little, regulation of American businesses?
2. Should the U.S. be taking stronger actions in the Arctic?
3. Is Texas’s sonogram law unconstitutional?
4. Will the deficit-slashing supercommittee deadlock?
5. What is the condition of America’s military?
6. Has the Fed run out of bullets to help the economy?
7. Is FEMA doing an effective job handling the aftermath of Hurricane Irene?
8. Should the ATF be abolished?
9. How should the U.S. handle Gaddafi’s ouster?
10. Should Michelle Bachmann drop out of the GOP presidential contest?
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1. How should the international community respond to Russia’s claim to hundreds of thousands of square miles of the Arctic?
2. What should be the top priority for rebel forces in Libya?
3. Should African nations provide more food aid to Somalia?
4. Does the IMF have the right prescription for ending Europe’s debt crisis?
5. Will Nepal succeed in drafting a new constitution within the next three months?
6. Is the International Space Station on borrowed time under Russia’s leadership?
7. Why do the Palestinians refuse to recognize Israel as a Jewish state?
8. What impact would Iranian isolation of Syria have on the Assad regimes?
9. Can Yoshihiko Noda stay in office for more than a year?
10. Where did Gaddafi go?
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1. What will the next Libyan government look like?
2. Will the UN’s investigation in Syria amount to anything?
3. How would a complete breakdown in Israeli-Egyptian affairs impact the Middle East?
4. Can military might help Turkey crush the PKK?
5. How can Japan stop its rotating door of prime ministers?
6. Does the EU need more members?
7. What steps should the Honduran government take to end land violence?
8. Does China need the U.S. more than the U.S. needs China?
9. What should be done to make elections smoother in the developing world?
10. Will Sarkozy’s deficit-reduction blueprint cost him the 2012 French presidential election?
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1. Should Maxine Waters apologize for her comments concerning the Tea Party?
2. Who is the most vulnerable GOP Senator in 2012?
3. Will President Obama’s recent actions on immigration policy cost him votes in 2012?
4. How can cities best combat criminal flash mobs?
5. Did the FCC make the right decision in dropping the Fairness Doctrine?
6. How can Orrin Hatch hang on to his Utah Senate seat?
7. Is Paul Ryan a presidential candidate in waiting?
8. Should the GOP try to settle for a Perry-Romney ticket?
9. Can the criminalization of school discipline policies make public schools more effective?
10. Will the apparent rebel victory in Libya give President Obama a political boost?
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1. Why have President obama’s approval ratings fallen below forty percent?
2. How should the U.S. respond to claims that Pakistan allowed China to see parts of a covert helicopter used in the Osama bin Laden raid?
3. Would an extension of unemployment benefits create jobs?
4. Can the White House do a better job selling tax increases to the American voter?
5. Is Ron Paul still a long shot candidate?
6. Did Tim Pawlenty drop out too early?
7. Is the U.S. government justified in bailing out the chicken farming industry?
8. Should the U.S. be on guard for “lone wolf” terror attacks?
9. Did the Republicans win the Wisconsin recall elections?
10. How will Rick Perry’s entry into the 2012 GOP primary impact Michelle Bachmann’s candidacy?
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1. Has the world forgotten about Tibet?
2. What steps does Manmohan Singh need to take to tackle corruption in the Indian government?
3. Why are Nepalese politics so dysfunctional?
4. Who is at fault for the Somali famine?
5. What message is Pakistan sending to the United States by allowing Chinese military engineers to examine the wreckage of a stealth American helicopter?
6. Should Western government crack down on social media networks in light of the London riots?
7. Is Syria in a state of civil war?
8. Will the Libyan rebels defeated Gaddafi by the end of the month?
9. Does Iraq need American troops to stay in order to fight insurgent groups effectively?
10. Will Italy’s austerity measures keep it from becoming the next Greece?
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1. How will riots in London impact David Cameron’s political standing?
2. Is Benjamin Netanyahu on the ropes?
3. How will the U.S. credit downgrade impact European markets?
4. Is Libya’s rebel movement fracturing?
5. Will al-Shabab’s withdrawal from Mogadishu shore up Somalia’s transitional government?
6. Is the case against Yulia Tymoshenko politically motivated?
7. Will Yingluck Shinawatra’s government steer Thailand’s economy in a poor direction?
8. What needs to be done to save the Spanish economy?
9. Is Hosni Mubarak receiving a fair trial?
10. What lessons should be drawn from the London riots?
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1. Is S&P’s downgrade warranted?
2. Will Rick Perry run for president?
3. Has No Child Left Behind been a failure?
4. What gun control restrictions can make it out of Congress?
5. Will Gabrielle Giffords run for re-election?
6. Should the House Page Program be saved?
7. Will the recent deaths of 30 U.S. troops in Afghanistan lead to a quicker timetable to withdraw from the country?
8. What impact will California’s move to award its electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote have on the future of the Electoral College?
9. Will a new low approval rating for Congress cause another ‘wave’ election in 2012?
10. How badly will Republicans lose in the upcoming Wisconsin recall elections?
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