Unanswered Questions
804 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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What doesn’t work in the Portugal deportation system?
Portugal to expel some 18,000 illegal migrants ahead of snap national election:
Last week, Amaro was quoted in the local press as saying that “Portugal needs to review its deportation system, which ...
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Did the Coalition preference the Greens behind Labor prior to 2025?
How major parties want you to number the ballot in your electorate indicate that the Liberals and the Nationals both systematically put The Greens behind Labor in their how to vote cards for the lower ...
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Quantitative evaluation of India's affirmative action programs
India has a bunch of affirmative action programs, that have been running for a decades, aimed at equitable treatment for groups that have been historically socially marginalized.
For example, based on ...
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What would happen if no party reached official party status?
According to Wikipedia's article on the Canadian political party Bloc Québécois,
MPs without official party status are treated as independents and must sit in the back row of the opposition benches. ...
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How common is for US presidential envoys to pay for their own travel and receive no remuneration?
It's said that
Witkoff also takes no salary from the US government and pays for travel on his personal plane without reimbursement from the federal government, according to an administration official....
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How much US trade used to pass through the Red Sea, before the Houthis started their attacks?
There is a bit of a disagreement within MAGA whether the US should be fighting against the Houthis. For now Trump has settled it by saying that the Houthis attacked US ships, therefore they will be ...
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Where does the ~150B of DOGE estimated savings come from? Contract+grant+lease terminations = $58B in savings. Where do the remaining ~100B come from?
I see on https://doge.gov/savings (mirror):
Estimated Savings: $150B. Combination of asset sales, contract/lease cancellations and renegotiations, fraud and improper payment deletion, grant ...
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Is there some historical precedent to charge port fees based on who built the ship or whether the owner owns other ships from adversary countries?
The BBC mentions that
there is potential logistical chaos on the cards from a little-noticed multi-million dollar port tax for every cargo vessel docking in the US that was "made in China". ...
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What constitutional mechanisms allow the Kenyan President to dissolve Parliament, and have they ever been used?
I'm trying to understand the balance of power between the Executive and the Legislature in Kenya. Specifically, I want to know:
Under what circumstances can the President of Kenya dissolve
Parliament ...
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Is it possible to charge different tariffs on different parts of the same country?
There's already been a lot of talk on the new Trump tariffs, but one thing stuck out to me: some of the "countries" listed are actually parts of other countries. For example, Guadeloupe, ...
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Would control of the Faroe Islands suffice to keep Denmark in the Arctic Council if Greenland became independent?
One of the strategic benefits that Greenland's being a Danish territory affords Denmark is that it gives Denmark a seat on the Arctic Council. If Greenland became independent (or otherwise separated ...
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What trade unions have endorsed the Greens in the 2025 Australian federal elections?
In Australian politics, the centre-left Labor Party has traditionally been associated with the labour movement, with membership in a labour union being required to stand for election with them, and ...
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Have Kenya's political coalitions improved governance and stability?
Kenya’s political landscape has been shaped by shifting alliances and coalitions, with major parties coming together to contest elections or form governments. While coalitions have helped promote ...
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What is the proportion of "USMCA compliant goods" in North American trade, in the context of the Trump tariffs?
This term has popped a lot recently and I am having some trouble understanding both the specific relevance to the tariff disputes at hand and how the volume of those "compliant goods" ...
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What were the key development initiatives led by Swarup Mishra Kesses MP during his tenure?
Swarup Mishra served as the Member of Parliament for Kesses Constituency and was involved in various development projects during his tenure. I am particularly interested in understanding the key ...
