Politics

With the CETA, foreign corporations can sue states before arbitral tribunals. Mainly if there is loss in the balance due to government decisions. If the UK were under such a trade agreement with the EU today, would it be possible for EDF to sue the UK gouvernment over the suspension of the Hinkl...

If the candidate wins the election but is never sworn in and dies, who is chosen and how?

On Greg Mankiw's blog, he posted the following entry, titled "Debunking Scandinavian Envy". http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2016/08/debunking-scandinavia-envy.html Fact of the day: "Danish-Americans have a measured living standard about 55 percent higher than the Danes in Denmark. Swedish-Ame...

If after election a president elect is indicted under Federal Law what would happen to the office?

Can anyone list (with a summarized description) the philosophic, sociological or political thoughts, ideologies or movements which does not believe in or are not agree with government or state? I know a little about Anarchism but it seems that it's mostly anti capitalism.

How are whistleblowers seen in different political systems? I am interested in both (specific) democracies versus communistic systems as well as regions; e.g. European Union versus United Nations.

I am aware of the Democracy Index. What it lacks that I am interesting in is more information about what type of political system each country has and this connection to its democratic level. I would for instance like to have the ranking include a categorisation of the "type of democracy". Does ...

Is the smearing growing in the USA (in the last decades/centuries)? Or at least the perception about smear campaigns?

A good friend of mine often uses the n-word (not uncommon around here) and makes racist statements. I always thought that he just kidding. However, the amount of these "jokes" let me slowly worry. I absolutely don't want to be friends with a racist! On the other hand I don't want to offend him w...

US and Israel and US have been allies for decades. What are benefits for the US besides having military bases and political reasons i.e economical? Israel gets funding, protection, weapons etc...What does Israel export into the US?

While researching an answer for another question, I discovered that the constitution of Azerbaijan requires a presidential candidate to have a university degree. This seemed unique to me. What other offices require a certain level of education? Within this question I am interested in elected o...

What could it be? Social -It's ok to be gay and to get married, being trans is fine too. -I support abortion only if the baby is threatening the mother's life or the baby has a genetic disease or deformity discovered before birth and has been confirmed by two doctors. -Prostitution is a very ...

At university we had a lengthy debate, about whether internet was a liberation technology, or a "stabilisation" technology for authoritarian regimes. This made me think about different scenaria. I had countless sick but rather trivial ideas and I want to know whether regimes have applied any of t...

So some friends and I got to talking about the candidate security briefings and how Trump and Hillary would become Privy to classified information. It was noted that Hillary hasn't held office since 2013, so she's probably a little bit behind the times on what she knew from 2013. The question was...

Please, forgive the naivety of my question (and adjust the tags if necessary, I'm a newbie). Often elections campaigns are dominated by one or two themes. Populist parties profit from this. One remedy could be to have many houses (say, 10 or more) each with a restricted domain of competence. ...

In a recent interview on Special Report with Bret Baier, Evan McMullin stated the following about border security: As far as a wall is concerned, the experts actually say that in some places a wall is necessary, in other places that a double wall is necessary, and in other places that a wall ...

There's no denying, these recent historic floods we've been having in past couple of years has only shown how our aging infrastructure needs to be fixed. No proper drainage systems, our roads are crumbling and falling apart, our bridges are 50+ years old making them dangerous etc...Has any of the...

When former President of the United States Gerald Ford died in 2007, George McGovern, who was the Democratic nominee in the 1972 election, gave an interview to Larry King where he said this: MCGOVERN: I have to tell you something I've never said before publicly. I voted for him in 1976. ...

In an interview to CNN being held in 2007 related to the Iraq War, Trump said "Saddam Hussein has nothing to do with World Trade Centre and also there's no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq for which Saddam is condemned" But Saddam was accused of using Bio-weapons (weapons of anthrax..polio ...

It has been suggested by Barak Obama, political pundits, and recent questions and comments on this stack, that the Citizens United decision made it possible for Foreign nationals to donate to political campaigns. Is it possible for Foreign Nationals to contribute to electoral campaigns, with mon...

Bill Shuster inherited PA's 9th congressional district from his father in 2002. In most election cycles, he runs unopposed as the district is mostly Republican (thanks gerrymandering). This primary season he won the Republican nomination over Art Halvorson by only 1009 votes. Halvorson, howev...

Is it possible for congress to delegate voting on specific policies to a nationwide popular vote at the federal level? If so, how would this be accomplished?

It seems to me that a democratic form of government, can be easily overturned from outside when it's citizens stop participating in the democratic process, because they are too distracted or become complacent by way of stupidity or denial when they ignore things like Citizens United, which allow ...

Why have there been no major internal power struggles between the U.S. government and the military like in Pakistan or Thailand?

Why the U.S. never Attacked to Iran? Iran is a very poor country, With a battle plan and in the event of an attack on Iran, the Iranian regime will fall as soon as one can imagine، How do I know it!? I was two years in Iranian armed forces as officer. If America's Army were up to me, I personall...

Suppose someone gets elected president, who doesn't know anything about politics and has the craziest ideas, none of them passing a reality check. Can the House impeach him or her? I know the president can only be impeached for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors", but it's n...

Can Us embassies in foreign countries arrest Americans? For example if an individual is living in France but there is a bench warrant for their arrest for not appearing in court in New York. If they go into the US embassy in France to get their passport renewed can they be arrested?

Qn: What are the factors(positive and negative) that drive openness in a country eg (developed(USA) vs developing (china) country) and will these factors remain a key factor to drive openness for the respective country in the future ? So far i researched on stage of development, specialisation o...

Note: There are many explanations to what is really happening around the refugee crisis. However, to the best of what I know, there is no comprehensive list of such explanations/theories in politics.stackexchange. This is just that -- an attempt to unify the explanations to help studying the situ...

This is a follow up from my other question. The answers in the linked question agreed that Putin's incentives for endorsing Trump were primarily domestic, such as pushing anti-U.S. government propaganda in Russia. Are there more details on this? What other kinds of benefits could Putin be expecti...

I know Khomeini's Islamic Revolution has been supported by Jimmy Carter (but I do not know why he has done such work), Guadeloupe Conference I don't know why, But I know that Some people (in the US Democratic Party & United kingdom) still take pride because of success of Iranian Islamic Revolut...

What is the current status of the military engagements against ISIL? Do we have troops on the ground or is it mostly air strikes? What progress has the US made in the fight against ISIL?

Iran's new oil contracts for oil companies، Attractive contracts that is designed to lure greedy politicians in Western countries (such as Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton) The main protector of Khamenei's regional dictatorship are oil companies who loves oil، They are addicted to I...

Why have Putin and Kim Jong Un publicly supported Trump? Presumably they want Trump to win, but they must know that they themselves are wildly unpopular in America. The leaders of Russia and North Korea endorsing that candidate is (I would think to most people) a reason to vote against Trump, not...

Are there any statistics on how many europeans are in favor of a "united-european-federation"? And if possible, has the Brexit made this amount bigger or smaller?

Suppose that either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump developed a severe physical impairment which left them incapable of fulfilling the requirements of the presidency. What is the final date for the democrats and republicans to change their candidate on the national ballot? Also, if that date ha...

I came across this comment in a news blog today: This reminds me of one of my dad’s old journalism dicta: The Bangladesh Rule. This rule states that the further away from a news event the reporting takes place, the more likely that reporting is to be accurate. This is why I used to get my new...

The Golan Heights was captured by Israel from Syria in the 1967 Six-Day War, and it came under Israeli military occupation. In 1981 Israel passed the Golan Heights Law which effectively annexed the region. What was the legality of this action vis-a-vis international law?

Did Donald Trump incite violence with this remark? “If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks, although the Second Amendment people — maybe there is, I don’t know.”

I mean nationalized in the sense that it falls under the state and can therefore be influenced by it. I would also be curious as to the extent to which European states can support non-radical organizations and movements through mosques, imams, etc.

I am currently reading a lot about China, and I stumbled across an article from a Chinese embassy. The article mentions "Issue of Principle" a lot, and I didn't know what it meant. I couldn't find anything about what "issue of principle" meant. So, could someone please explain it to me? Thanks...

Can anyone please explain me the meaning of assured career progression and modified assured career progression and the difference between the two?

After yesterda's deadly blast, ruler party's minister, Daniyal Aziz made series of statements urging Imran Khan to respect the situation and cancel his plans of marching towards Islamabad? Even in 2014, Peshawar Attacks happened at a time when this govt was tired of sit-in by Imran Khan in Islam...

TTIP receives a lot of criticism. But it is by far not the only free-trade agreement in the world. In fact our much acclaimed EU started as a free-trade agreement. E.g. people worry about the arbitration courts (ISDS). However I do not know if this is anything special, or just something that t...

Various news accounts and chain emails note that 50+ voting districts in Philadelphia, which are almost entirely black and with registered Republicans in the single digits, recorded zero votes for McCain in 2008 and/or Romney in 2012. Are there any equivalent voting districts, perhaps in rural a...

If there were a very successful online movement to prevent either major party candidate from winning would the following scenario be possible. To express disdain for the current major party candidates, tens of millions of people write in "someone better" in their presidential election ballot (fo...

This may fall under the scope of Anthropology, but here goes: I'm looking for a book which explores the question: What social/ political structures are humans naturally inclined to form? What social/ political structures are humans naturally inclined to form? If you were to isolate a group of ...

If the chair/president states: "If there is no objection, (motion)" Can he first ask to see if there are any parts of the motion that may not pass so he can pull them out of the motion above? Example, say the organization in question has the agenda broken into sections, can the chair fir...

Sorry for my bad English! I am a Syrian refugee which escaped a war! in my country I am considered out of law by doing this. I live in Romania and I need to visit the embassy to renew my Syrian passport as they officially announced that they are renewing passports even for people who are out of t...

The single-non-transferrable plurality-winner voting method commonly used in the United States, and the spoiler effect that can produce, helps cement a two-party system that many people (including some leading candidates) in that country are quite unhappy with. Yet there are plenty of other vot...