Foreign aid can help combat anti-Western sentiment in Bangladesh; Brexit proved again that identity can trump economics; The Adverts, ‘The Great British Mistake': The Week In One Song; Forget ‘House of Cards.’ Watch ‘The Thick of It’ if you want to understand Britain’s omnishambles; Brexit isn’t all that special. Here’s why nations leave international organizations.; Is AFRICOM all that bad?; The British people have spoken. But what exactly did they say?; The opposite of Brexit: African Union launches an all-Africa passport; The Austrian presidential election shows no evidence of fraud. We used election forensics to check.;
 
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Here are two ways that Breyer’s wonky opinion in Whole Woman’s Health could transform abortion politics
The opinion sent a signal: Go ahead, challenge existing laws and rulings about reproductive health.
Foreign aid can help combat anti-Western sentiment in Bangladesh
Bangladesh has been rocked by another terrorist attack most likely aimed at foreigners. Research shows foreign aid may be one way to improve impressions of foreigners in Bangladesh in the future.
Brexit proved again that identity can trump economics
But political science knew that already. Here’s the evidence.
 
The Adverts, ‘The Great British Mistake': The Week In One Song
Brexit fallout continues to rain down.
 
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Forget ‘House of Cards.’ Watch ‘The Thick of It’ if you want to understand Britain’s omnishambles
The catastrophe that is unfolding resembles a dark television comedy.
 
Brexit isn’t all that special. Here’s why nations leave international organizations.
But it's usually the very last option.
 
Is AFRICOM all that bad?
Nine years in, a new book explains just how complicated U.S. goals in Africa are.
 
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The British people have spoken. But what exactly did they say?
Referendums are confusing. It's more democratic to entrust elected representatives with the flexibility to make decisions.
 
The opposite of Brexit: African Union launches an all-Africa passport
Can Africa learn from Europe's mistakes?
 
The Austrian presidential election shows no evidence of fraud. We used election forensics to check.
The election was ordered to be rerun by the Austrian Constitutional Court.
 
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