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The US Election: Turnout, Polarization, and Other Key Takeaways

The eyes of the world are on a couple of US states where election officials are still counting ballots. The outcome of those votes will determine who the next President of the US will be. As we wait for the official results, political scientist and expert Harris Mylonas joins to discuss his takeaways from this election, what he thinks the results we have so far tell us, and more. 

Harris Mylonas is an associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs. He works on a wide range of topics, including nation and state-building, diaspora policies, and political development. He is also the author of the book The Politics of Nation-Building. 

You can read the articles we discuss on The Daily Roundup here:

Biden notches more gains as vote counting grinds on

NPR: Live Updates: 2020 Election

Biden-Trump counting presses ahead 2 days after Election Day

Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals

Measures announced for relieving lockdown pressure on workers, households

EU Clears Key Hurdle for 1.8 Trillion-Euro Spending Package

Deal struck to enable EU to block budget payments to rogue members

‘Historic’ EU rule of law deal faces challenges

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Election Fever: The “Blue Tsunami,” Hellenic Issues, and Turkey’s Play for the UN’s Top Job

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Greece leads pushback against Turkey and Libya's farcical maritime "deal"

“Geography cannot be rewritten … and sovereign rights cannot be erased by drawing arbitrary lines on a map.” Those were Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis words at the UN Security Council this week, as he held up a map showing Turkey and Libya’s “illegal” and “arbitrary” maritime deal.This agreement is back in the headlines these days after Libya’s House of Representatives dropped its...

Is France the "new Greece" of Europe? Protests, rising debt, and the lessons from Greece's crisis

A weekend of widespread protests and riots in France has put the spotlight on the many challenges facing the country, from political paralysis to a looming debt crisis. Some pundits and observers are even asking if France, the Eurozone’s second largest economy, is the new Greece of Europe, an ode to Greece’s debt crisis in the 2010s. While this comparison misses the mark in many ways, Europe is...