- 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?
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- 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?
- Will the result of the U.S. presidential election destroy NATO?
- Is Morena trying to turn Mexico into a one-party state?
- Should Scholz immediately hold a no-confidence vote?
- Would it be wise for the Brazilian government to keep Venezuela at a distance?
- Is the AI industry a threat to climate change mitigation efforts?
- Will Qatar’s decision to end mediation of the Israeli-Hamas war hasten its end?
- Was the Moldova presidential election result a blow to Russia’s geopolitical goals?
- How can Pakistan best combat its smog crisis?
- What will the new Japanese government look like?
- Is Georgia the new Ukraine?
- Will the Japanese election results be a short-term or long-term setback for the LDP?
- Is Georgia guilty of “democratic backsliding”?
- Can Kemi Badenoch guide the British Conservative Party back to power?
- What should Sheinbaum do with Pemex?
- Has Milei’s cure killed the patient?
- Is lithium mining sustainable?
- What does the Sino-India border deal mean for the West?
- Will Spain’s storm disaster force Sanchez’s ouster?
- Should there be a new international treaty about Antarctica?
- How can a war between Ethiopia and Eritrea be avoided?
- What can the winner of the 2024 presidential election do to heal the country?
- Should newspapers continue to endorse political candidates?
- Does the United States have better long-term economic growth prospects compared to other Western nations?
- Are Israel’s strikes on its neighbors enhancing or undermining U.S. national security?
- Should the Supreme Court care about its approval rating?
- Does Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway violate campaign finance law?
- Do American schools need more resources to teach students with exceptionalities?
- What is the biggest challenge facing rural America?
- Should progressives mobilize to call a new constitutional convention?
- Will the composition of the next Congress be favorable to entitlement reform?
- With a week to go, who wins the U.S. presidential election?
- Is the BRICS a threat to U.S. foreign policy goals?
- Will Republicans lose the Nebraska Senate race?
- If Vice President Kamala Harris wins the presidency but Republicans win the Senate what does that mean for her proposed policy agenda?
- Have Republicans become the party of the working class?
- How will the machinists strike at Boeing end?
- Will Democrats regain the House?
- Are there any constitutional restraints that the NCAA can impose on NIL?
- Should all state Medicaid programs cover weight loss drugs?
- Would a mass deportation of illegal immigrants do significant damage to the U.S. economy?
- How will the death of Yahya Sinwar affect Hamas?
- Should the United Nations withdraw its peacekeepers from southern Lebanon?
- Does climate change pose a risk to the energy grids of African nations?
- Is it time for Trudeau to call an early election?
- How much longer can Ukraine hold out?
- Can Bhutan become India’s Hong Kong?
- Will debates about asylum rules fracture the European Union?
- What is the significance of Egypt replacing intelligence chief Abbas Kamel?
- How should North Korea’s recent actions against South Korea be interpreted?
- Would an Israeli strike on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards help or hinder the efforts of Iranian democratic activists?
- Will voter turnout in the 2024 presidential election be higher, lower, or the same as 2020?
- Should the Republican Party temper its position on abortion?
- How should the Supreme Court rule in FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C.?
- What is wrong with Boeing?
- Is it in the nation’s best interest for election results to take up to a week to be counted?
- Should Supreme Court justices have to submit to a tax audit each year?
- Did the U.S. err by sending a THAAD battery to Israel?
- Do electric vehicles have a Republican problem?
- Is California justified in blocking more SpaceX launches?
- Under what conditions should states be legally allowed to purge their voter rolls?
- Is former President Barack Obama more of a help or hindrance to the Harris campaign?
- Will the size of the national debt be a campaign issue in 2028?
- Why is there a discontent between voter sentiment about the economy and positive economic data?
- Will Helene and Milton create a national shift in the conversation about climate change?
- Does Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers for minors violate the Fourteenth Amendment?
- How could Trump’s recent statements on mass deportation impact Latino voter turnout in the 2024 presidential election?
- Should Governor Kathy Hochul remove Mayor Eric Adams?
- How will the result of the 2024 presidential election affect the U.S. tax code?
- Is the banning of new gas stations an effective energy policy?
- Are voter ID laws a violation of the 24th Amendment?
- Should Japan abolish the death penalty?
- Are there too many ongoing humanitarian crises for the world to effectively tackle?
- Is it more likely for global oil prices to rise or fall in 2025?
- Will participation in South Africa’s unity government enhance the Democratic Alliance’s political prospects?
- Is it fair to label Mexico a “narco state”?
- After the Hayana election result, should the Congress Party reassess its strategy?
- Are there any lessons that the international community should learn from Hurricane Milton?
- Will the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Nihon Hidankyo spark greater global discussions of nuclear disarmament?
- Is the world doing enough to combat biodiversity loss?
- Will Israel attempt to launch a military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities?