Democratic presidential nominee and former US vice president Joe Biden picks up his mask after dropping it at the end of his speech on Covid-19 at The Queen Theater on October 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Photo: AFP
David P. Goldman, Asia Times: Biden blunders could hand the election to Trump
Rioting in Philadelphia and Democratic candidate's opposition to fracking could swing key state to US president
A new round of riots in Philadelphia overnight and Joe Biden’s opposition to fracking could swing Pennsylvania to Donald Trump, opening a path for a Trump victory in the Electoral College after next week’s presidential election.
The Democratic candidate’s lead in the US presidential polls has narrowed to 7.6% from an October 12 maximum of 10.2%, according to the RealClearPolitics average.
He is almost certain to win the popular vote, as did Hillary Clinton in 2016, but a Trump victory in just two states – Pennsylvania and Florida – could give the president the majority of state electors.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 27, 2020
One Year After Iraq’s October Revolution - A Look Back and a Look Ahead -- Sarah Waggoner, International Affairs Review
Flirting with militias: What America can learn from the Middle East -- R. David Harden, The Hill
One Year After Al-Baghdadi Death, An ISIS "Regeneration" -- Mourad Kamel, World Crunch
Will US Troops Return to Taiwan? -- Phillip Orchard, Geopolitical Futures
Surviving a week in Afghanistan -- Kawoon Khamoosh, BBC
Afghanistan is not doomed to repeat its past -- Foreign Policy
New Cold War fight is on for the South Pacific -- Bertil Lintner, Asia Times
A tense calm in Guinea – but trouble is on the horizon -- Katarina Höije, Al Jazeera
Tanzania elections: A choice between Magufuli and democracy? -- Martina Schwikowski, DW
'Perfect storm': How Nigeria's peaceful police protests turned violent -- Alexis Akwagyiram, Reuters
Putin’s Real Arctic Playbook: Demography, Development, and Defense -- Elizabeth Buchanan, National Interest
US election: The Taiwan-sized challenge facing the next US president -- Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC News
Sorry, there will be no return to normalcy under Joe Biden -- Glenn Reynolds, USA Today
