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Obama Steadily Losing Popularity in NH 10/7/2009 [PDF]
, 2009 President Barack Obama has been losing support in New Hampshire and his job approval ratings are currently at 55%.
Survey Center, UNH
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On‐orbit rendezvous and docking constitute one of the most technically challenging activities in the history of space activities. As space endeavours mature to crewed missions, space rendezous and docking technologies (RDT) emerge as an area of technological innovation critical to advances in future crewed space exploration.
Nikita Chiu, Markus Kornprobst
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Where’s the Consultation? The War Powers Resolution and Libya [PDF]
, 2014 [Excerpt] “President Barack Obama triggered a War Powers Resolution (WPR) controversy with his military response to the anti-government rebellion and civil war in Libya in 2011.
Burgin, Eileen
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Evolving Geopolitics and Japan's Economic Security–Trade Nexus: ‘New Capitalism’ as a Balancing Act?
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid intensifying geopolitical tensions, governments increasingly perceive economic interdependence as a strategic vulnerability. Japan, situated geopolitically between two great powers—the United States and China—attempts to navigate geopolitics by prioritising economic security.
Minako Morita‐Jaeger
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Countershading, characterized by a darker dorsal surface and lighter ventral surface, is common among many animals. This dorsoventral pigment polarity is often thought to be adaptive coloration for camouflage.
Tomoyuki Kokita +7 more
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State Litigation during the Obama Administration: Diverging Agendas in an Era of Polarized Politics [PDF]
, 2014 Throughout the Obama Administration, state attorneys general (AGs) have collaborated on several high-profile political issues. To get a fuller picture of this contemporary AG activism, this article analyzes AG participation in lawsuits and amicus curiae ...
Nolette, Paul
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Economic Team Announcement [PDF]
, 2008 Good morning. The news this past week, including this morning’s news about Citigroup, has made it even more clear that we are facing an economic crisis of historic proportions. Our financial markets are under stress.
Obama, Barack
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Argumentation strategies in party competition
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Political parties' rhetorical strategies play a crucial role in shaping public opinion and electoral outcomes. To gain insight into what kind of arguments parties present to the public, and under what conditions, we develop a model of argumentation where parties compete to persuade voters before engaging in platform competition.
Catherine Hafer +2 more
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The Obama Administration’s Decision to Defend Constitutional Equality Rather Than the Defense of Marriage Act [PDF]
, 2012 When President Barack Obama announced his view that the Defense of Marriage Act1 (DOMA) violated the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection,2 he joined a storied line of Presidents who have acted upon their own constitutional determinations in ...
Johnsen, Dawn
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Unpacking the role of in‐group bias in US public opinion on human rights violations
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Which actor identities and social and political cleavages drive public opinion on human rights violations? While in‐group bias is known to influence public responses to government abuses, the relative impact of different identity characteristics has not been directly tested.
Rebecca Cordell
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