Analyses

The Donkey & Elephant Race

Since it is not just a presidential election, but an inauguration of the “most powerful leader” in the world who will be on the throne of the largest economy and military capabilities, the latest and most accurate technology, and the most political power in the world, the US presidential election occurrence had become a global media event that people closely follow it from the primaries until after polling day, despite the rare coverage of the US foreign policy during its campaigns.

Social media: orienting voters or just interacting opinions?

“Social media have gone from being the natural infrastructure for sharing collective grievances and coordinating civic engagement to being a computational tool for social control, manipulated by canny political consultants and available to politicians in democracies and dictatorships alike.” This is how social media is described in a report – made by Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project and Graphika, social media analysis firm - on the employment of Russian semi-governmental entities of major social media platforms with the aim of interfering in the course of the 2016 US presidential elections. The following article highlights the role of social media in the 2020 elections and its decisive role in influencing the American electorate.

Scenarios for the next president in light of opinion polls

Opinion polls of the 2020 elections, as well as US elections in general, largely attract lots of attention, follow-up and controversy. Despite their inability to determine the final winner, they provide important insight into the preferences of American voters preceding polling day (on November 3, 2020). Having regard to that, this article examines four potential scenarios for the candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump winning the election, based on an analytical perspective of various polls.

Assessment of the effectiveness of US sanctions policy

As the scale of US sanctions –used as a major means of achieving US foreign policy goals- has been widening under Trump’s administration, it is imperative, at the by the end of its four-year term, to evaluate the effectiveness of the imposed sanctions and to shed light mainly on the negative repercussions that have affected the durability of Washington's strategic position in the international arena.

The US Economy Situation under pressure of political competition and health crisis

The US economy is witnessing high levels of instability over the coronavirus pandemic, thus affecting Trump’s chances of winning the race for Us presidency. This articles summarizes the path of the economy under Trump, shedding the light on the most prominent criticisms made about it prior to and post the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Demographics and the 2020 presidential election

The US presidential elections are taking place this year amid unprecedented social tension, according to some observers. This report provides a historical overview of the interaction between the US local political environment and demographic considerations, and it attempts to foresee the identity of the next president in light of the current tensions that would further draw these considerations into guiding the American electorate.

A glimpse of US foreign policy under President Trump

The last four years have constituted significant diplomatic phenomena and events in the international community. This is due, according to some, to the behavior of the US administration of President Donald Trump towards international actors and its views on dealing with complex issues in the regions of hotbeds of tension. This article provides a summary of the most prominent US foreign policy approaches under Donald Trump.

The Race for the Awaited Vaccine

This article reviews the global efforts aimed at creating a safe and reliable vaccine to control the outbreak of the emerging coronavirus, and discusses the economic, political and security dimensions surrounding the vaccine development process in light of the continued increase in the number of infections around the world and the overburdening of the health system and the economy due to the repercussions of the pandemic.

Azerbaijan-Armenian Escalation: All-out War or Military Skirmishes?