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Why can't Kashmir just be an independent country?

Peter - Reinstate Monica

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How can a country prove to the domestic and international audience that they shot down five air force jets of another country?

Italian Philosopher

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Is the "Dinner with Trump" campaign legal? [closed]

CommunityBot

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Why does the Trump administration have a comparatively balanced and diplomatic approach on the India-Pakistan issue?

Anshul Sahni

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How many U.S. fighter jets were lost in combat against the Houthis before the ceasefire agreement? [closed]

Rick Smith

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21 votes

1 answer

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What economics experts told Trump that his Tariff Strategy will result in a booming American economy?

Timur Shtatland

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18 votes

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What does Germany's ruling regarding Alternative for Germany (AfD) mean?

ccprog

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modified May 5 at 18:49

5 votes

3 answers

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Are import tariffs on services a real thing currently?

Italian Philosopher

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20 votes

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Why are US executive orders so controversial? Aren't they just the chief executive telling the executive branch what to do?

JMS

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modified Apr 30 at 3:59

7 votes

4 answers

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On the Indus Waters Treaty and "acts of war"

Rodrigo de Azevedo

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modified May 6 at 14:12

12 votes

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Why was the US de-minimis value of $800 where no custom duty is levied so high compared to other countries?

CommunityBot

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modified May 5 at 11:51

2 votes

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Why did the Austrian ÖVP–SPÖ coalition include NEOS in 2025 despite having a slim majority?

Arno

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modified May 6 at 16:21

24 votes

6 answers

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What is the difference between a minority government and a coalition government?

morsor

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answered May 1 at 6:51

9 votes

4 answers

858 views

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Recent historical examples of how mineral deals or other resource agreements affected security?

Evargalo

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modified May 6 at 14:29

16 votes

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What's the difference between federal income tax and payroll tax? Are y'all taxed twice on your pay?

Michael Richardson

400

modified May 2 at 15:28

-1 votes

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990 views

Does it make political sense to celebrate "Victory Day for World War II" on V-E Day rather than V-J Day? [closed]

Italian Philosopher

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modified May 5 at 14:38

1 vote

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How come an FBI agent like Robert Hanssen had access to spy lists? [migrated]

ohwilleke♦

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modified May 7 at 0:45

19 votes

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Why is Trump signing many more executive orders during his second term than during his first term?

QuestionablePresence

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answered Apr 29 at 10:32

4 votes

4 answers

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Why do countries not ban harmful products such as tobacco and sugar?

ohwilleke♦

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modified May 2 at 20:51

4 votes

1 answer

570 views

What actions did the Trump government take to increase military recruitment?

Rick Smith

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modified May 4 at 15:31

7 votes

1 answer

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Have any previous US Presidents held a military parade for their birthday celebration?

Rick Smith

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answered May 2 at 18:44

-3 votes

0 answers

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What are the fundamental flaws of the One Nation, One Election bill? [closed]

Franck Dernoncourt

6,727

modified May 5 at 16:18

1 vote

1 answer

235 views

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What is the best strategy to slowly shift local taxes from property taxes to income taxes? [closed]

Rick Smith

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modified May 5 at 23:48

23 votes

3 answers

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Why did the DOGE saving estimates go from 1 or 2 trillion USD down to 150 billion USD for FY26?

user60445

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modified May 4 at 10:16

3 votes

0 answers

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What doesn’t work in the Portugal deportation system?

Franck Dernoncourt

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asked May 5 at 0:02

38 votes

13 answers

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What are the advantages for the US in starting a trade war with everyone else at the same time?

Laurel

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modified Apr 13 at 17:50

3 votes

1 answer

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Why did it take 7 years for the European Commission to launch legal proceedings against Malta’s ‘golden passport’ scheme?

Franck Dernoncourt

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modified Apr 30 at 13:13

2 votes

3 answers

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Can I vote at the district of my secondary residence?

JMS

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modified May 1 at 18:54

2 votes

1 answer

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Is there any report that designated BJP+Modi's treatment of the Muslims in India as "oppression"?

Evargalo

7,897

answered May 2 at 6:35

12 votes

2 answers

4k views

How do the 2023-2024 university pro-Gaza protests compare to other political protests in the US in terms of violence/illegal acts?

Italian Philosopher

105k

modified Apr 23 at 19:40

27 votes

5 answers

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Why does the United States want to move all manufacturing to domestic production?

JMS

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modified Apr 16 at 19:26

0 votes

1 answer

215 views

What are the arguments in for and against of the caste based census recently approved by Indian government [closed]

Italian Philosopher

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modified May 2 at 16:18

15 votes

3 answers

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Why is it so hard to take back control of Haiti's capital from gangs?

woodvi

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modified Apr 22 at 22:06

8 votes

1 answer

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Which Western countries are looking to cancel procurement/collaboration programs for US weapon systems and how far has that proceeded?

Italian Philosopher

105k

modified Apr 29 at 17:41

6 votes

2 answers

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Why is India creating pressure on Pakistan with Indus water treaty?

user366312

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modified Apr 25 at 22:53

6 votes

1 answer

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In Canada's 2025 election, what have either Poilievre or Carney, as candidates for Prime Minister, said about balancing the budget?

Italian Philosopher

105k

modified Apr 29 at 2:23

-2 votes

1 answer

259 views

Constitution regarding a former President running as Vice President and assuming Presidency (even if has been elected 2x) Loopholes/devil's in the det [duplicate]

CDJB♦

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modified May 2 at 9:00

32 votes

5 answers

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What's Trump's concern with VAT-style taxes, specifically?

Bobson

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modified Apr 10 at 15:17

0 votes

2 answers

326 views

What does Madagascar have to offer in negotiations with Trump's Tariff?

SurpriseDog

1,694

modified May 2 at 18:26

0 votes

0 answers

57 views

Did the Coalition preference the Greens behind Labor prior to 2025?

Golden Cuy

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asked May 3 at 22:51

1 vote

1 answer

79 views

Has India called for an open investigation on the recent Pahalgam incident?

user366312

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modified May 3 at 6:04

18 votes

1 answer

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Is the USA legally allowed to pay El Salvador to imprison non-US citizens without trial or charges?

Bobson

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modified Apr 22 at 17:20

23 votes

5 answers

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What gives the executive branch the power to freeze a college’s funding?

Shadur-don't-feed-the-AI

1,953

modified Apr 18 at 7:17

3 votes

0 answers

40 views

Quantitative evaluation of India's affirmative action programs

whoisit

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asked May 3 at 17:45

6 votes

2 answers

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Did the Anti-Defamation League conflate protesting government actions with antisemitism in their 2024 audit? (re. CNN/Ryan Enos interview)

JMS

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answered Apr 25 at 19:34

40 votes

3 answers

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How did the Trump Administration come up with the "tariffs charged to the US" percentages? (E.g. Lesotho charges US 99%, Madagascar charges US 93%) [closed]

Italian Philosopher

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modified Apr 13 at 15:43

21 votes

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Why are Arab leaders practically silent or inactive when it comes to saving Palestinians from Israeli bombing?

Ian Kemp

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