PhD Fellow in the Contentious Politics in the Digital Age (CoPoDi) Program (DAAD) Deadline: 25 Nov 2024 #SIFM https://mmscholars.blogspot.com/2024/11/phd-fellow-in-contentious-politics-in.html | Scholarship Information for Myanmar and Developing Countries | Facebook

The Assad regime’s instinct to survive at any cost closed off opportunities for change in Syria, yet contentious politics was possible and is still taking place. Read the latest article compilation edited by Maha Yahya. | Carnegie Middle East

A Trump fan’s rant about vaccines got weirder and weirder as he was interviewed outside President Donald Trump’s Michigan rally this week, and included an incoherent theory about the deaths of Queen Elizabeth II and Pope Francis. Trump’s 100th day in office — a political benchmark that dates back to FDR — arrived this week amid a raft of polls showing historic unpopularity and a PR offensive from the White House that included early morning briefings, MAGA media rap sessions, a raft of contentiou