Thursday, 3 April 2025
    : :inin Kyiv (EET)

Section: Institute for Policy Studies (USA)

      The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion
      Jan21

      The Future of U.S. Democracy Promotion

      On Inauguration Day 2021, the nation’s capital looks like it has just experienced a coup, not successfully survived one. Streets are blocked off, barricades are up, and armed police and National Guard are everywhere. The inauguration itself is taking place in front of a deliberately minimal crowd, as if the authorities are somehow pulling...

      Knives Out: Boycott, Purge, and Prosecute
      Jan06

      Knives Out: Boycott, Purge, and Prosecute

      The Biden administration has promised to promote unity when it takes office later this month. That’s an excellent message after four years of deliberate provocation and polarization coming from the Trump administration. But the incoming administration must also draw a clear line between what is and is not acceptable political behavior. And...

      America Rejoins the World?
      Nov13

      America Rejoins the World?

      America may well be divided about Donald Trump, but the rest of the world isn’t. The soon-to-be-former president has gotten high marks in the Philippines and Israel, a passing grade in a couple African countries and India, and dismal reviews pretty much everywhere else. U.S. allies in Europe and Asia are particularly relieved that Joe Biden...

      America’s New Policy of Demoting Democracy
      Oct14

      America’s New Policy of Demoting Democracy

      In November 2000, the battle between George W. Bush and Al Gore for the U.S. presidency was deadlocked over the status of a few thousand votes in Florida. Gore had won the popular vote, but the margin of victory in the Electoral College depended on Florida. In that state, Bush held a very slim lead of only 537 ballots. The Democrats wanted a...

      America’s Global Reputation Isn’t Bouncing Back Anytime Soon
      Sep24

      America’s Global Reputation Isn’t Bouncing Back Anytime Soon

      Donald Trump used to care what the world outside America thought of him. Before he ran for president, he was focused on turning his business into a global brand. The name “Trump” was supposed to connote all the luxury and success of the elite lifestyle. Trump hotels, Trump golf courses, Trump books and TV shows and knick-knacks: Donald...

      What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election?
      Aug14

      What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election?

      In 2016, Alan Lichtman departed from conventional wisdom to predict a Donald Trump victory in that year’s presidential election. The political scientist was following something he called the “13 keys to the White House.” Using this relatively straightforward metric, Lichtman had correctly predicted the outcome of presidential elections...

      Feds Attack!
      Jul24

      Feds Attack!

      Federal agents poured into Portland, Oregon this month to crack down on anti-racism protests. They beat up peaceful protesters and fired impact munitions at demonstrators, seriously injuring one of them. They drove around the city in unmarked vans pulling people off the street. Oregon officials at every level — the city, the state, and...

      The Global Rushmore of Autocrats
      Jul10

      The Global Rushmore of Autocrats

      Donald Trump would dearly like to add his face to Mt. Rushmore as the fifth presidential musketeer. His fireworks-and-fury extravaganza on July 3 was the next best thing. Trump’s dystopian speech was almost beside the point. Much more important was the photo op of his smirking face next to Abraham Lincoln’s. More fitting, however,...

      Why Bolton Matters
      Jun26

      Why Bolton Matters

      Unreliable narrators are a staple of literature. Consider the delusional, self-serving narrator of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl or the way Humbert Humbert used his cultured references and gorgeous prose to dress up his crimes in Nabokov’s Lolita. Now along comes John Bolton and his account of time served in the Trump administration as...

      Is It Time to Boycott the United States?
      May28

      Is It Time to Boycott the United States?

      In his infinite ignorance, Donald Trump has invited world leaders to the White House for a face-to-face meeting at the end of June. Unlike the other countries in the G7, the United States has yet to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. One of the hotspots that the White House itself has identified is none other than Washington, DC. And...