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Sylvain Brouard (Sciences Po Institute) correlates French PM Dominique de Villepin's low public support to President Jacques Chirac's low ratings. Villepin has the confidence of the president, "so when Jacque Chirac is weakened, he is weakened too"...[read article] - May 31

Daniel W. Drezner (University of Chicago) comments on Henry Paulson's nomination as treasury secretary and asks "whether Paulson will have a seat at the policymaking table, or is he merely going to be a much better salesman than Snow?"...[read article] - May 30

Emile Sheng (Soochow University) refutes the strong view that corruption is a way of life in China and cites Singapore as a "majority Chinese population with an enviable reputation for clean government"...[read article] - May 29

Andrew J. Polsky (Hunter College) speaks with Newsday about his research on presidents and political parties...[read article] - May 28

Jacques Hymans (Smith College) names Philip Baxter, head of the atomic energy Commission under Australian PM John Gorton, a "strong supporter of uranium enrichment and nuclear power generation" as Gorton's plan to produce a strong nuclear industry moves forward...[read article] -May 27

Neal Thigpen (Francis Marion University) notes "this is the off-year election in a president's second term, the time when the opposition party generally makes gains" and the Democrats have plenty to take advantage of...[read article] - May 27

Jon Krosnick (Stanford University) believes "there is a consensus that global warming is happening, that it's human-caused and the government should take steps to deal with it,"...[read article]- May 26

Michael Coppedge (University of Notre Dame) labels the Venezuelan Government under Hugo Chavez a "partyarchy"...[read article] -- May 25

Lara Brown (California State University -- Channel Islands) notes that 2006 is yielding a "bumper crop" of congressional embarrassments which, is only cementing voters' low opinion of Congress during an election year...[read article] - May 23

Jack Pitney (Claremont McKenna College) calls the California House race "a canary-in-the-coal-mine election," as Democrats hope an upset win will give them the momentum needed to reclaim the majority in the House...[read article] -- May 22

Matt Barreto (University of Washington) warns that Republicans should beware of Hispanic voting patterns because "naturalized U.S. citizens, newly aware of their rights, can be like born-again political activists" ...[read article]-May 21

Eric Davis (Middlebury College) expects "congressional candidates to go up next" in heavy advertising, as Vermont's political season gets underway...[read article] - May 20

Jorge Dominguez (Harvard University) appointed vice provost for international affairs where he "will develop and oversee a variety of University-wide initiatives and policies relating to international research and education"...[read article] - May 18

Thomas J. Baldino (Wilkes University) suggests Pennsylvania Democrat Chris Carney has an uphill fight, "but not an insurmountable one," in order to win over Rep. Don Sherwood...[read article] -May 17

Charles Lees (University of Sheffield) doubts whether the Social Democrats in continental Europe still regard Blair as a part of the family; the Social Democrat family that has "become much more heterogonous"...[read article] -May 15

Amy E. Black (Wheaton College) knows McCain's political attempts in winning the conservative vote require his acceptance of "religious conservatives"...[read article] -May 11

Eric Herzik (University of Nevada - Reno) states that the naysayers of Nevada's congressional candidate, Dawn Gibbons, are "just outright sexist"...[read article] -May 9

Daniel Tichenor (Rutgers University) traces the early origins of illegal immigration back to the national quotas of the 60's, that ignored Mexico, "leaving the Southern border all but open"...[read article] -May 7