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Hussein Ibish

Hussein Ibish

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Hussein Ibish is a geopolitical analyst and an author, who is currently a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He was previously the Washington correspondent for the Daily Star Lebanon newspaper, and has served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine and as communications director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. He has a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Donald Trump has pardoned his former election campaign chairman Paul Manafort. CQ Roll Call
Trump will find it hard to pardon himself – here's why

Since it would place a president literally above the law, it is almost certainly not constitutional

CommentDecember 26, 2020
Joe Biden will find it extremely difficult to bring together a deeply divided America. AFP
Play16:03:12
Biden has to get ready to face a 'Tea Party on steroids'

A roiled-up GOP will make Obama-era partisanship seem like a walk in the park

CommentDecember 20, 2020
US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Valdosta, Georgia, on Saturday. Trump is currently leading a divided Republican Party. Bloomberg
Play21:49:09
Why the Georgia run-offs could determine the future of the GOP

Donald Trump's contestation of the US presidential election has exposed fissures in the GOP

CommentDecember 06, 2020
US President Donald Trump enters the White House upon his return to Washington from Camp David earlier this week. Reuters
America's elections exposed flaws but also the strength of its institutions

Is the constitutional glass half-full or half-empty?

CommentDecember 01, 2020
A poster showing the US flag and the face of President Donald Trump was set on fire by protesters in Washington. AFP
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Has Trump destroyed America's two-party system?
CommentNovember 15, 2020
Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris drive by as supporters of President Donald Trump rally in Beverly Hills, California. AP Photo
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There are reasons for both Democrats and Republicans to be happy

American democratic norms and processes prevailed

CommentNovember 09, 2020
Supporters for former vice president Joe Biden clash with President Donald Trump supporters in Salt Lake City. AP Photo
Play11:19:49
2020 US election is not just Trump v Biden

This electoral battle is between two visions of what the United States is and ought to be

CommentNovember 01, 2020
From left: Democratic Representatives Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley comprise the left wing of the Democratic Party. EPA
Will Democrats follow Republicans to the fringe?

If moderate Joe Biden loses the US presidential election, his party could be taken over by the hard left

CommentOctober 26, 2020
US President Donald Trump takes his mask off before speaking from the South Portico of the White House in Washington on Saturday. AFP
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Trump's kryptonite is thinking he's Superman

The US president has failed to recast his fraught relationship with both the pandemic and the society it has devastated

CommentOctober 25, 2020
Protesters gesture to supporters of Judge Amy Coney Barrett outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday. Reuters
For the GOP, Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation will reign supreme

Democrats have missed opportunity to trip up GOP's long-term campaign of packing highest court with conservative judges

CommentOctober 25, 2020
US President Donald Trump exits Marine One while arriving to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland. EPA
Play18:25:04
Could it be game over for Donald Trump?

The President's positive test strengthens the widespread understanding he has mishandled the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting economic crisis

CommentOctober 03, 2020
US President Donald Trump has refused to explicitly commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the presidential elections in November. AFP
Donald Trump's 3-step plan to cling to power

It starts with making voters question whether they can even trust the elections at all

CommentSeptember 27, 2020
Flowers, candles, and signs are pictured at a makeshift memorial outside of the US Supreme Court as people pay their respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Washington, DC on 19 September. Jose Luis Magana / AFP
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death brings more chaos to a messy election

The fight over the next US Supreme Court justice will be anything but straightforward

CommentSeptember 21, 2020
US President Donald Trump, seen rallying at Minden, Nevada, is still not out of the 2020 race. Reuters
How Donald Trump can still win re-election

This race is about the US President, and it’s up to him to regain control of the narrative and secure another term

CommentSeptember 13, 2020
The US Capitol in Washington. American democracy is under attack. AP Photo
Trump or Biden, US democracy will need fixing

From gerrymandering to the filibuster, the system from top to bottom has become a tool for partisan exploitation

CommentSeptember 08, 2020
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