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DNC 2016 Platform: In Denial over Mideast Challenges, Dispensable Language on Israel
Jul 29, 2016Joe MacaronLike every partisan document in a tense prelude to national elections, the 2016 Democratic platform reflected the party’s status quo with presidential nominee …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Democratic Party Unity Remains a Challenge for Hillary Clinton
Jul 27, 2016Joe MacaronThe Democratic Party confirmed on July 26 the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, making her the first female presidential nominee of a major party in American polit…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump’s Convention Speech and the Rise of Conservative Nationalism
Jul 25, 2016Joe MacaronRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump is the first American politician in modern history to invoke both nationalism and populism in a successful bid to …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine: A Political Profile
Jul 23, 2016John GregoryTimothy Michael “Tim” Kaine was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 26, 1958, but grew up mainly in the suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Mike Pence: A Political Profile
Jul 20, 2016John GregoryIndiana Governor Mike Pence was born on June 7, 1959, in Columbus, Indiana. His family was Irish Catholic and Democratic and had President John F. Kennedy as o…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
GOP Platform on the Middle East Offers Tough Talk, Little Change
Jul 20, 2016Joe MacaronAs far as the 2016 Republican Party Platform is concerned, the campaign of the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is nowhere to be found. The hands-of…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
With Trump Taking Over, A New Republican Party Is Born
Jul 19, 2016Joe MacaronThe Republican National Convention began its deliberations on July 18 to confirm the party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees for the 2016 US nation…
- Policy AnalysisLevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Why the World Shouldn’t Panic About Trump
Jun 1, 2016Joe Macaron“Everything I say right now is a suggestion, I am not the President,” the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Fox News on May 13. However, his …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
The promise of democratic socialism: Bernie Sanders, Palestine, and US policy in the Middle East
Apr 11, 2016Tamara KharroubBernard (or Bernie) Sanders is one of two remaining candidates running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2016 US presidential elections. Following …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Presidential Elections 2016: Profile of Senator Ted Cruz
Feb 7, 2016Roxanne PeruginoPersonal Background:Senator Ted Cruz was elected to the US Senate from Texas in November 2012, replacing fellow Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. He is …
- Research PaperMedia and Technology
Beyond Trump: Celebrity Candidates, Mediatization of Politics, and US Middle East Policy
Oct 20, 2015Tamara KharroubThe political and media discussions of the presidential campaigns have given great attention to some of the most flamboyant GOP nomination candidates (a.k.a. c…