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“#In COVID’s shadow, global terrorism goes quiet. But we have seen this before, and should be wary” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Have we flattened the curve of global terrorism? In our COVID-19-obsessed news cycle stories about terrorism and terrorist attacks have largely disappeared. We now, though, understand a little more about how pandemics work. And…
“#OECD countries’ politicians follow each other” Karl Wennberg, professor Linkoping University Credit: Annika Moberg The more democratic a country is, the greater the probability that its politicians decide in the same way as in neighboring countries, without further analysis. This is according a research group that has studied political decision-making during the beginning of the…
“#Examining Congress members’ popularity on Instagram” Credit: CC0 Public Domain With a “virtual campaign season” underway due to the COVID-19 pandemic, social media platforms will be a particularly important way for candidates to build a following and connect with voters. New research on the popularity of Congress members’ Instagram posts reveals some surprising factors at…
“#Research finds TSA may have missed thousands of firearms at checkpoints in 2016-2018” Credit: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has reported that it found 4,432 firearms in carry-on baggage at airport security checkpoints in 2019, and more than 20,000 firearms since 2014. New research published in the…
“#New model shows how voting behavior can drive political parties apart” Credit: CC0 Public Domain Over the last few decades, the divide between the two major political parties in the United States has deepened. Studies of Congressional voting patterns show that politicians take increasingly polarized positions, and that those positions drift farther and farther apart…
“#Study finds Americans prize party loyalty over democratic principles” Credit: CC0 Public Domain It is conventional wisdom that Americans cherish democracy—but a new study by Yale political scientists reports that only a small fraction of U.S. voters are willing to sacrifice their partisan and policy interests to defend democratic principles. The study, published in the…
“#It’s been 75 years since Hiroshima, yet the threat of nuclear war persists” The Hiroshima Peace Memorial commemorates the deaths of over 140,000 people in the 1945 nuclear bombing. Credit: Shutterstock It is important to mark the solemn 75th anniversary of the first and only use of atomic weapons against cities as not only a…
“#Many states lack election flexibility needed to address pandemic safety concerns” This map shows the flexibility that states have to alter their election practices to safely hold elections during the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: RAND Corp. Many states continue to lack the policies and preparations needed to address safety concerns of holding elections in November, despite…
“#Did the election of Donald Trump affect Europeans’ support for US trade agreement?” Credit: CC0 Public Domain A survey conducted immediately before and after the 2016 US presidential election reveals that the election of Donald Trump had a negative effect on Europeans’ image of the United States, but it did not seem to affect the…
“#The need for progressive national narratives” The recent rise of authoritarian nationalist movements has reinforced the tendency of many on the left, and some on the right, to reject all forms of nationalism, writes Rogers M. Smith in “Toward Progressive Narratives of American Identity,” published in Polity‘s May Symposium on the Challenges Facing Democrats. Nationalism,…