I can barely describe how much I wanted to like Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley’s May 6 op-ed piece in The New York Times calling for a U.S. withdrawal from the World Trade Organization (WTO). That’s why I can also barely describe the growing disappointment I felt as I read through it. At best, it deserves only an “A for effort” grade.

First, let’s give Hawley (considerable) credit where it’s due. As I’ve been arguing since it went into business at the start of 1995, and in fact was predicting during the national debate preceding Congress’ approval of the idea the fall before, the WTO has gravely harmed crucial American economic interests. (This recent post briefy summarizes my views.)

Let’s also give The Times op-ed page credit for running an article that’s even more strongly opposed to the pre-Trump U.S. trade policy status quo than President Trump has been –

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Im-Politic: Bloomberg in China’s Pocket?

By Angelena Iglesia 3 months ago

Boy! I thought Michael Bloomberg’s business’ dependence on China was worrisome when I first read this early January Financial Times report on the billionaire Democratic presidential candidate’s lucrative conference-holding business in the People’s Republic!

Then thanks to a segment last week on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News cable talk show, I checked out this Washington Post piece on the same subject – which I somehow missed – and I’ve gotten even more worried. And since Bloomberg has been rising steadily in the polls in recent weeks, and is spending a big chunk of his fortune on the campaign, you should be worried, too.

Now I know what at least some of you are thinking: President Trump and his family have done a lot of business with China, too. So why single out the former New York City mayor?

Here’s why: First, I strongly agreed that it was unacceptable for presidential daughter

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Pengertian Politik Adalah, Tujuan dan Macam-Macam Politik

By Angelena Iglesia 3 months ago

Pengertian Politik Secara Umum

Apa arti politik? Pengertian Politik adalah suatu proses pembentukan dan pembagian kekuasaan dalam masyarakat dimana wujudnya adalah proses pembuatan keputusan, khususnya dalam negara. Definisi politik juga dapat diartikan sebagai seni dan ilmu untuk meraih kekuasaan, baik secara konstitusional maupun non-konstitusional.

Pengertian politik secara etimologis adalah dari bahasa Yunani, yaitu “Polis” yang artinya adalah Negara Kota. Pada penggunaannya kata tersebut kemudian berkembang, diantaranya:

Polities; artinya warga negara
Politikos; artinya kewarganegaraan
Politike Episteme; artinya ilmu politik
Politicia: artinya pemerintahan negara

Ditinjau dari asal katanya maka definisi politik adalah kegiatan dalam suatu sistem politik atau negara yang menyangkut penentuan tujuan dari sistem tersebut dan bagaimana cara mencapai tujuan.

Baca juga: Pengertian Lembaga Politik

Pengertian Politik Menurut Para Ahli

Untuk lebih memahami apa arti politik, maka kita dapat merujuk pada pendapat para ahli dan tokoh mengenai definisi politik, diantaranya adalah:

1. Andrew Heywood

Menurut Andrew Heywood pengertian politik

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What is the difference between formal and informal politics?

By Angelena Iglesia 3 months ago

Formal politics is politics as defined by law. Essentially, everyone follows the rules. One man, one vote, everyone follows the rule of law, people can petition their government for wrongs and have them heard, and so on.

Informal politics isn’t really defined, but it is when there are other forms of communication channels used that aren’t supposed to be there. In the United Nations, this takes the form of backdoor channels and is considered a good thing. (For example, two blood enemies talk together secretly to reduce tensions or lay the groundwork for an agreement when it would be political suicide for their citizens to know negotiations are going on. Example: Egypt and Israel peace agreement. Lots of informal negotiations preceded the actual peace talks and agreements.)

In Western countries, informal politics serves both to help and hurt the legitimacy of the political process. For example, Senator Daschle is not

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NA 67 Jhelum Polling Stations List, Candidate Names Election 2018

By Angelena Iglesia 3 months ago

NA 67 Jhelum Polling Stations List, Candidate Names Election 2018 – GIS Map

NA 67 Jhelum Polling Station Names and List of Candidates for Election 2018

In Jhelum, Polling for general election 2018 is being held on 25th July (Wednesday).

Jhelum district has two national assembly constituencies. Second in serial is NA-67.

Tough competition is being expected between PMLN and PTI. While candidates of PPP, TLP and MMA are also in the field.

Total Registered Voters =
Total Polling stations =

Candidate List 2018

Raja Matloob Mehdi	Tiger	PMLN
Syed Nauman Shah	Crane	TLP
Shahid Kamal Mirza	Eagle	APML
Adeel Ahmed	Chair	AAT
Ch. Fawad Ahmed	Bat	PTI
Muhammad Zia Ul Haq	Book	MMA

Complete Polling Scheme

1 Cantonment Board Model School, Jhelum Cantt (M) (P) 759
2 Cantonment Board Model School, Jhelum Cantt (F) (P) 720
3 F.G.Boys Public School No.2 Near Lari Adda Jhelum Cantt (M) (P) 398

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How Republicans and Democrats Think About Coronavirus

By Angelena Iglesia 3 months ago

Aaron E. Carroll and Ashish Jha: This is how we can beat the coronavirus

The disparity between the parties was underscored Thursday afternoon when Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Governor Gavin Newsom, both Democrats, issued rapid-fire orders closing down all non-essential businesses, first in the city and then in the entire state, a jurisdiction of 39.5 million people.

This divergence reflects not only ideological but also geographic realities. So far, the greatest clusters of the disease, and the most aggressive responses to it, have indeed been centered in a few large, Democratic-leaning metropolitan areas, including Seattle, New York, San Francisco, and Boston. At Thursday’s White House press briefing, Deborah Birx, the administration’s response coordinator, said half of the nation’s cases so far are located in just 10 counties. The outbreak’s eventual political effects may vary significantly depending on how extensively it spreads beyond these initial beachheads.

If the

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Politics & Policy – The Atlantic

By Angelena Iglesia 3 months ago

David A. Graham

Pollsters have finally found an issue that transcends partisan divides, with the overwhelming majority of Americans siding against President Trump.

The complaint that Washington is out of step with Main Street has been circulating for roughly as long as each metonym has been in use. But it’s seldom, if ever, been more true than at this moment in the coronavirus pandemic.

The most active debate in politics at the moment—in the White House, in state capitols, and in the press—is about whether and how much to reopen the economy. President Trump has been fitfully pushing for the country to get back to work, has boosted fringe state-level protests demanding that restrictions end, and yesterday took his first trip in weeks, visiting a mask-manufacturing plant in Arizona.

But even as the national political discourse has adopted reopening as the central debate, polls repeatedly show that Americans overwhelmingly back

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