Questions tagged [political-leaders]
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How much progress has Israel made in eliminating (or capturing) Hamas' leadership by the end of January 2024?
Similarly to what the US did in Iraq, Israel issued a "pack of cards" with the Hamas leaders they intend eliminated (or captured). At the beginning of December, 10 had already been checked ...
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Is Robert Fico on better personal terms with Viktor Orbán than other Slovak political leaders are?
Besides seeing the war in Ukraine in the same way [i.e. the West's fault and not wanting to support Ukraine with arms], what else unites Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán? Are the two on better personal ...
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Are there really any "...world leaders who have no other diplomatic channel to speak to one another..." besides Twitter?
At about 03:58 in NBC News' New Wave Of Resignations Hit Twitter After Musk's Ultimatum For Employees, NBC technology correspondent Jake Ward says the following about current events in Twitter and ...
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Does Keir Starmer fire more staff and colleagues than other political leaders?
Keir Starmer has, from some, a reputation of being trigger happy with dissenters from within his party and firing those who don't agree with him. From what I can find, he is only responsible for the ...
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Is it a criminal offence to vote more than once in a UK party leadership election?
Ballots for the election of the leader of the UK Conservative Party have the following statement:
It is an offence to vote more than once. Any member who attempts to do so will have their membership ...
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How do political leaders decide what to do next in a crisis? [closed]
At present, politicians both in "the West" and in Russia may well be under the most extreme pressure of their entire careers. How do they all keep cool heads, and reach decisions about what ...
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Is telling lies a part and parcel of politics?
I see that politicians lie a lot. And, very often they lie consciously.
This is not only true in my country, but also true all around the world.
Is telling lies a part and parcel of politics? Is it ...
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What are general benefits and disadvantages for political leaders to be honest with their people?
This is quite a broad question since obviously there are many different political systems and ways of governing around the world. But I would like to boil it down to some standard concepts of ...
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Why do news articles often refer to the leader as opposed to the country?
Some examples:
Philippines' Duterte would send navy ships in South China Sea to assert claim over resources
Putin's Answer to U.S. Sanctions Is More Economic Isolation
Boris Johnson poised to raise ...
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If the goal of communism is a stateless society, then why do we refer to authoritarian governments such as China as communist?
The actions taken by these governments seem to be more fascist than communist. The term communism is used to describe so many contradicting policies and it is very confusing.
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Why are regimes much harsher on mere civilians than their famous leaders?
Looking at events in places like Belarus, the Russian Empire, and modern Russia, it seems like there is more cruelty to mere civilians that to their leaders when those leaders are captured.
The Tsar ...
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Why did the FvD board opt for suspending former leader Baudet, rather than letting him run in a board approved leadership election?
Over the past few days, the Dutch party Forum voor Democratie (FvD) has been in the news a lot. Thierry Baudet's Dutch Wikipedia page describes the events of the past few days as follows:
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Why didn't Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba give up in the LDP leadership election?
Most of candidates was declined, like Tarō Asō and Tomomi Inada. Why Kishida and Ishiba wasn't declined? It is because of the rule of Liberal-Democratic Party, or other candidates gave up?
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Why don't national leaders wear their national costume more often?
Example: the national costume of Malaysia for men is the Baju Melayu. The current Malaysian Prime Minister is Muhyiddin Yassin. Googling for images of him, we find lots of photos of him in a suit and ...
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Have any UK party leaders other than Sir Ed Davey been elected after previously losing a leadership contest?
Today, August 27th, Sir Ed Davey triumphed over competitors to become the leader of the Liberal Democrats after the position was vacated by Jo Swinson due to her failure to retain her Westminster seat ...
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