New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the final hours of the midterm campaign and the factors that could determine the outcome.
Tag Archives: Political Analysis
Previews: Foreign Affairs Magazine – Nov/Dec 2022
Inside Foreign Affairs November/December 2022 issue:
The World According to Xi Jinping
What China’s Ideologue in Chief Really Believes
Russia’s Dangerous Decline
The Kremlin Won’t Go Down Without a Fight
The Sources of Russian Misconduct
A Diplomat Defects From the Kremlin
News: Midterm Election Campaign, House Speaker Pelosi Husband Assaulted
Political Analysis: U.S. Midterm Election Issues And UK Tory Party Chaos
Political Analysis: Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas Trump And Midterm Elections
New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the Jan. 6 Committee’s decision to subpoena former President Trump and what’s at stake in the upcoming midterm elections.
Political Analysis: Brazil – A Fractured Nation (FT)
Latin America’s largest nation is facing its most important election in decades as Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva square off amid deep political and cultural polarisation. FT Brazil bureau chief Bryan Harris travels the nation to look at the enormous economic and social challenges facing the next president. He meets wealthy farmers, truckers, evangelicals and those facing food insecurity. Read more at https://on.ft.com/3Cjrg5T
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 214 million people, Brazil is the world’s fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous.
Ukraine War Analysis: Time Magazine – Oct 10, 2022
Opinions: Globalization Remade, Latin America Mired, Battle Tank Fix
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the remaking of globalisation, Latin America’s vicious circle (9:55), and does the tank have a future? (17:55).
Political Review: Russia’s ‘Rotten Army’, Macron’s Challenge, Culture Wars
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, how rotten is Russia’s army? France’s re-elected president prepares for a tough second term (10:30) and a struggle over artistic freedom suggests a better way out of the culture wars (15:25).
Political Views: China Gets It Wrong, Ukraine Stakes, Crypto Utopias
A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, what is China getting wrong? Also, why the world should stand up to Putin (10:43). And, crypto and web3: libertarian dream, or socialist Utopia? (18:27).
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