- Was 2024 a bad year for progressive policy goals?
- Is Andrew Cuomo positioning himself for a run for New York City mayor?
- Can the U.S. budget deficit be solved only through cuts to the federal government’s workforce?
- Has the U.S. federal government been too involved or not enough in boosting the EV market?
- Are Donald Trump’s statements about expanding American territory a way to distract voters from domestic problems?
- What is a problem that the U.S. federal government must solve in 2025?
- Will Democrats regain the Virginia governorship this fall?
- Has Israel’s war in Gaza strengthened or weakened U.S. national security?
- How far with Trump’s deportation scheme go?
- Has the ERA become the 28th Amendment?
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- Who will be the next global dictator to fall?
- What can stop Sudan’s genocide?
- Will political instability in Syria exacerbate tensions between Turkey and Syria’s Kurdish peoples?
- Should Urrutia return to Venezuela?
- Will the Gaza ceasefire lead to a lasting peace between Israel and Hamas?
- What does BRICS membership mean for Nigeria?
- Why has the British Conservative Party lost ground to Reform UK?
- Is outsourcing strengthening or weakening developed economies?
- Have the Houthis become the most powerful non-state actor in the Middle East?
- Is Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism?
- What percentage of the vote will the AfD win in the German federal elections?
- Is Russian influence growing in Central Europe?
- Should Indonesian try to become a global EV exporter?
- Is AUKUS working?
- Can the EU do much to prevent Elon Musk’s involvement in European politics?
- Who should be the next leader of Canada’s Liberal Party?
- What should Denmark do with Greenland?
- How should Panama respond to U.S. President-elect Trump’s rhetoric about the Panama Canal?
- Is ISIS a bigger threat today than it was a decade ago?
- Will 2025 be the year that the Russo-Ukrainian War comes to an end?
- Are right-wing forces winning the American culture war?
- Is the U.S. reward for the arrest or conviction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro counterproductive?
- Has Senator John Fetterman become another Krysten Sinema?
- Will the Supreme Court rule against Tik Tok?
- What will be President Biden’s legacy?
- How will the Los Angeles fires affect national home insurance rates?
- What is the future of the First Amendment in an age of disinformation?
- Should Democrats make Governor Gavin Newsom the voice of “resistance” to a new Trump administration?
- Will more U.S. cities copy New York City’s congestion pricing model?
- What would be the implications of the U.S. retaking the Panama Canal with military force?
- What will be President-elect Trump’s first legislative priority when he takes office?
- If Canada were to join the United States as one state or a collection of states, how would it transform the U.S. economy?
- Was President Biden wise to block the U.S. Steel-Nippon Steel merger?
- Should Americans be optimistic about the U.S. economy going into 2025?
- Is the U.S. prepared for a large-scale bird flu pandemic?
- How will the terror attack in New Orleans affect the confirmation of the next FBI director?
- What should America’s living and future presidents learn from Jimmy Carter?
- Does the U.S. economy need more tax relief?
- Will Mike Johnson be the Speaker of the House until the 2026 midterms?
- Should the Trump administration continue the Biden administration’s “hostage diplomacy”?
- Which nation is winning the AI race?
- Will 2025 see a further weakening of Iran’s strategic position in the Middle East?
- Should Denmark sell Greenland to the United States?
- Are there still risks of escalation in the Russia-Ukrainian War?
- Is there any way for the Social Democratic Party to avoid a thrashing in the German general elections?
- Will China’s infrastructure plans for its western provinces lead to an economic boom?
- Is the Schengen Area on borrowed time?
- Could rising authoritarianism in Latin America give day to a “Latin American Spring”?
- Is growing skepticism about the effectiveness of international institutions justified?
- Should the European Union think of adding nations beyond Europe’s continental footprint?
Note that these will be the last questions for the next two weeks due to the winter holiday. Questions will resume on Monday, January 6.
1. Is a “hands off” approach to the situation in Syria the best course of action for the United States?
2. Will president-elect Trump’s foreign policy make Latin America a bigger priority?
3. If you were the writer of president-elect Trump’s inaugural address, what points would you emphasize?
4. Is the Black Lives Matter movement getting weaker?
5. Should President Biden give Dr. Anthony Fauci a pre-emptive pardon?
6. Would the defeat of Peter Hegseth’s nomination embolden opposition to other Trump appointees?
7. Should the Social Security Fairness Act be passed?
8. Are the drone sightings in New Jersey a national security threat?
9. Should Ron DeSantis appoint Lara Trump to the U.S. Senate?
10. Why is the U.S. fertility rate in decline?
Note that these will be the last questions for the next two weeks due to the winter holiday. Questions will resume on Monday, January 6.
1. Can Bayrou succeed where Bernier failed?
2. How will Assad’s fall impact the Middle East’s geopolitical situation?
3. Should Xi Jinping attend Donald Trump’s inauguration?
4. Is the Russian economy Vladimir Putin’s biggest weakness?
5. How powerful is Hezbollah in Latin America?
6. To what extent should nuclear armed nations integrate AI into their forces?
7. Can Papin fix Nissan?
8. Is South Korea’s political uncertainty hurting its economic prospects?
9. How will Georgescu perform in a re-running of the first round of Romania’s presidential election?
10. Has Arce failed to effectively handle Bolivia’s economic crisis?
- Is Assad’s fall a major victory for Turkey?
- Should Yoon Suk Yeol resign after his brief martial law order?
- Can Fatah and Hamas cooperate enough to create a stable Palestinian government?
- What will the next Irish government look like?
- Should El Salvador lift its ban on gold mining?
- Is France’s budget deadlock a threat to the fiscal health of the EU?
- Will Netanyahu ever be tried by the ICC?
- Does Romania’s decision to re-run the nation’s presidential election enhance or hurt democracy?
- Will all EU member states ratify a new trade deal with Mercosur?
- Is Canada’s carbon tax living on borrowed time?
- To what degree will the Trump administration follow Project 2025?
- Should there be reforms to the presidential pardon power?
- Would it be a political mistake for Trump to fire Christopher Wray?
- Is Bluesky a real threat to X?
- Will the incoming Congress be more productive than the last?
- How can Democrats best engineer a “blue wave” in 2026?
- Will Senate Republicans abolish the filibuster?
- What is the role that America should play in combating illegal narcotics in Latin America?
- Is Assad’s fall a victory for U.S. foreign policy?
- Will the assassination of Brian Thompson prompt significant national discussions about the state of the American healthcare industry?
- Will a Trump presidency significantly reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy?
- Is remote work slowly dying?
- Are Trump’s cabinet picks too extreme?
- Is it a mistake for the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to use U.S. missiles to strike Russian territory?
- Who should Ron DeSantis appoint to Marco Rubio’s Senate seat?
- Would a major downsizing of the federal government produce bad economic outcomes?
- Does the President have the constitutional authority to fire the Chairman of the Federal Reserve?
- Should Trump look to Javier Milei or economic inspiration?
- Is American liberalism in crisis?
- Should Democrats look to go farther left for a presidential candidate in 2028?
- Can Trump use tariffs to extract concessions from America’s trade partners?
- Should American labor unions welcome the selection of Lori Chavez-DeRemer as Labor Secretary?
- Will President Biden pardon his son before leaving office?
- Should the U.S. deploy special forces to deal with Mexican drug cartels?
- Does Donald Trump have a mandate?
- Is a “win-win” settlement possible to end the Russo-Ukrainian War?
- Why has Italy’s Five Star Movement declined?
- Are Macron’s concerns about an EU-Mercosur free trade agreement justified?
- To what extent should Russia’s nuclear threats be taken seriously?
- Should Germany relax its debt brake?
- Will other countries follow Australia’s social media ban for minors?
- When should Milei relax foreign currency controls?
- Are the BRICS a bigger challenge for the EU than the United States?
- What does the Aleppo offensive mean for the stalled Syrian Civil War?
- Are Israeli operations in Lebanon weakening Hezbollah’s domestic political position?
- Does COP29’s climate financing agreement go far enough?
- Should Marine Le Pen be banned from French politics?
- Will the hosting of the World Cup improve Saudi Arabia’s human rights record?
- Is more security needed for the world’s undersea Internet cables?
- How should Georgescu’s first round win in the Romanian presidential election be interpreted?
- Is mandatory conscription weakening the ability of Myanmar’s junta to fight insurgents?
- Will North Korea’s entry into the Russo-Ukrainian War tip the scale in Russia’s favor?
- When the next German general election takes place, which political party is in the best shape to win them?
- Will the sacking of Garry Conille worsen Haiti’s security situation?
- Who will win the Irish general election?
- Is South Africa doing enough to combat illicit mining activities?
- What policies does Sri Lanka need to implement to improve economic growth?
- Should India extradite Sheikh Hasina?
- Are the costs of a global energy transition overstated?
- Is Israel’s operation in Lebanon going too far?
- Will Donald Trump’s second term as president be less chaotic than the first?
- Who will be the next Supreme Court justice to retire?
- Were economic or cultural issues more influential in determining the outcome of the 2024 presidential election?
- Will Lee Zeldin be an effective administrator of the EPA?
- Should the Department of Education be abolished?
- Will the U.S. Senate confirm all of Trump’s cabinet appointees?
- What does Trump’s selection of Robert Kennedy, Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services mean for America’s pharmaceutical industry?
- Is Donald Trump making a mistake by not giving Nikki Haley a cabinet position?
- What role, if any, should AI play in the use of nuclear weapons?
- Should there be greater federal regulation of social media content?
- Why did Trump win?
- Does Vice President Harris still have a role to play in American politics?
- How will the result of the 2024 presidential election affect the future of the U.S. Supreme Court?
- Does Jerome Powell deserve another term as Federal Reserve Chairman?
- Were the 2024 elections an electoral realignment?
- What was the most shocking congressional result of the 2024 elections?
- To what degree is President Biden responsible for Vice President Harris’ defeat?
- How bad was the recent U.S. jobs report?
- Has the White House AI order delivered on its promises?
- Will the results of the Japanese parliamentary elections affect the U.S.-Japanese security alliance?