Questions tagged [policy]
A policy is a deliberate system of principles to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes.
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Barack Obama: Rhetorical Impact on Societal Divisions
How did Barack Obama's rhetoric and actions impact societal divisions during his presidency according to polls, surveys, or case studies?
Specifically, I'm looking for the most prominent examples ...
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Donald Trump: Rhetorical Impact on Societal Divisions
How did Donald Trump's rhetoric and actions impact societal divisions during his first term presidency according to polls, surveys, or case studies?
Specifically, I'm looking for the most prominent ...
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Is Hezbollah officially supported by Iran?
Does Iran officially support Hezbollah? I have found many pro-Western websites which say that they do, but I can't find any official statements.
So, does Iran officially support Hezbollah? If they ...
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What is the political stance of the Biden administration on the Right to Repair, and do its policies on it reflect that?
As an advocate for Right to Repair, I have been closely following the Right to Repair movement in the US. It seems to have reached a tipping point in America too, and more than 25 US states are ...
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Did any other country enact a policy favoring mergers over IPOs to strenghten the resilience of companies?
Tens of thousands of China-based semiconductor companies have recently
gone out of business, and numerous IPO processes have been halted or
terminated. As a result, Chinese authorities are said to now ...
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Why are South Korean content/censorship laws so strict?
I am from South Korea, and in my country, graphic content laws are extremely strict - so strictly enforced that the following events had happened:
19+ filter on Google and YouTube
Government blocked ...
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Why do I not see the result of the family planning carried out by China?
To control the population of the country, China imposed the one-child policy since 1979, which means for each nuclear family (not the extended one), only one child was permitted, or that children born ...
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What is meant by the "left" and the "right"?
When discussing political issues and parties, I often hear mention of a party being "left", "centre-left", "right" or "extreme right". In broad terms, what do these designations mean?
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What is Antisemitism?
The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism - From the Whitehouse, Joe Biden:
Antisemitism threatens not only the Jewish community, but all Americans. …
"Through this U.S. National ...
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What could a city council and mayor in Canada actually do to support vegan food?
Civic elections are coming up in my city, and this got me wondering...
If the electorate decided to elect a mayor and council where a majority wanted to use their powers as elected officials to ...
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Have any governments run user-dissuasion campaigns concerning fentanyl? What were the outcomes?
Fentanyl overdoses present a unique problem to Canadian provinces and US states *.
While few want to return to Nancy Reagan's "just say no" **, it seems to me that the extremely deleterious ...
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Why wouldn't the EU recommend to Baltic states and Ukraine to give Russian language official status?
As known, the Russian language is widely spoken in the states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, which are EU members, and Ukraine, which has signed the association with the EU, is native to 29.6% of ...
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How do proponents of abortion bans, except for instances of sexual assault, propose to restrict access to victims of real assaults?
Many people and politicians who oppose abortion propose to ban the practice but make exceptions for cases of sexual assault. Under such a regime, anyone could claim to be sexually assaulted and thus ...
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How will lands on the Moon be divided?
Are there any laws on how lands on the Moon are to be divided between multiple countries?
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Why did political parties form in the United States?
In George Washington's "Farewell Address", the first President specifically warns about the dangers of political parties. He admits that people tend to naturally align in groups, but also warns that ...
