RUSSIA AFTER THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

In the recent presidential election,a most bitter trial of strength since its inde-pendence took place between the“democrats”and the so-called“traditionalists”in Russia.The outcome of this rivalry has a direct bearing on thechoice of Russia’s future development path.The reelection of the incumbent Presi-dent Boris Yeltsin in the second round of the voting has offered the political guaran-tee for the country’s further search for an appropriate development strategy alongthe current track.

US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2016 AND NEW TENDENCIES IN CHANGING WORLD POLITICS

US Presidential Election Reflects Major Changes in US PoliticsAt present,there have been quite a few assessments on the historical significance of US Presidential Election2016 for political change in the United States,all of which be it high or low point to a new departure point or turning point in US politics.First,the Election reflects major changes in the power pattern

美国政治百年大变局与2020年大选

American politics is currently undergoing great changes unseen in a century,which has been predominately manifested in the following hree aspects:first,the rampant COVID-19 pandemic has caused the US tosuffer its worst economic recession since the Great Depression in 1929;second,social division and political polarization are besetting the US as evidenced in its wide partisan divide between the supporters of its two major parties on a range of critical issues;and third,the US is caught in anational identity crisis,while China's rise is believed to intensify such a crisis.These three factors are bound to exert great impacts on the 2020 presidential election of the United States:the COVID-19 pandemic will have certain influence on voter turnout and the approval rating of the two parties;in the context of the aforementioned serious social divide and highly polarized political landscape,the basic constituencies of the two parties are likely to show an extraordinary degree of party loyalty,which could result in the possibility that a few voters in a handful of key states will determine the results of the election;and as China's peaceful rise ismistaken as a serious threat to the national identity of the US.China will be one of the key topics in the coming US presidential election,hence further worsening the relations between China and the United States.

美国反种族主义运动与2020年大选

The anti-racism protests triggered by the death of black man George Floyd were not merely an extension of the Blacks Lives Matters movement that began under the Obama administration,but also a new manifestation of American race conflict,which is often caused by conflict between the police and civilians.This movement has turned out to be thelargest and longest anti-racism demonstration in America since the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.The increasingly intense race conflicts,the impact of the Coronavirus(COVID-19)pandemic on the US economy and society,and the heated political struggles of the 2020 election process have contributed to these mass movements.The demonstrations and the pandemic have led to a low approval rating of President Trump,and elevated race relations as an important issue in the election.The result of the 2020 election will affect the evolution of American race relations,but will not change the long-standing fact of American race conflict.

High-tech Interest Groups in the United States and Its Political Influence

Representing the appeals of its industry,the high-tech interest group has recently become an emerging political force in the United States.With abundant financial resources and proficiency in political communication,the group rapidly grows to be a significant force in the American political sphere.It has started to affect the internal and foreign affairs of the U.S.and played a proactive role in the latest presidential election.Since the high-tech interest group has already become and will continue to be a big player in Sino-U.S.relations,China should carefully deal with its appeals and conflict of interests,and try to develop this group into a stabilizer between the two countries.

A Semiotic Approach to Social Discourses on Colombian Political Events of the Late Twentieth Century

The paper that we present below addresses a methodological approach to Marc Angenot’s statements,in his Social Discourse(2012)of integrating certain views and opinions,taken from the written press,literature,and television,on events happened in Colombia,prior to 1990 presidential elections.When we study the discursivities1 that are the product and/or the representatives of some political crimes that took place in Colombia between August 1989 and April 1990,we speak mainly on discourses that took place some decades ago.Some of these stories have allowed us to give meaning to the world and,at the same time,integrate us in it.

A Study on Economic Impact in the Context of American Election Based on AHP

To assess the economic impact of the different policies of the Trump and Biden candidates,we formulate metrics on five aspects:Covid-19 prevention and control measures,environmental protection policies,taxation,health care reform,foreign trade.Moreover,each metric is subdivided into several secondary metrics,making a three-tier hierarchical structure.Take environmental protection policy as an example:Without direct data under Biden’s policies,we collected data on U.S.CO2 emissions and U.S.oil consumption during Obama’s presidency as Biden’s legacy.First,use the analytic hierarchy process(AHP)to select indicators that can reflect the U.S.economy and determine the weight of each indicator.For the U.S.economy,Biden scored 2.6498,Trump 2.3502,suggesting that the election of Biden might make things better for the economy.For China’s economy,Biden scored 0.6810 and Trump 0.3245,meaning Biden could give the Chinese economy more room to grow.To reduce the influence of AHP subjectivity on the results,the Pearson correlation coefficient is introduced to establish the P-AHP model.Take the impact on China’s economy.Biden scored 0.5846 and Trump 0.4154.

Information overload:How hot topics distract from news——COVID-19 spread in the US

Information dissemination and the associated change of individual behavior can significantly slow the spread of an epidemic.However,major social events which attract public attention will disturb information spread and affect epidemic transmission in ways that have not been readily quantified.We investigate the interplay between disease spreading and diseaserelated information dissemination in a two-layer network.We employ the SIR-UAU model with a time dependent coefficient to denote information dissemination.We found that major social events are equivalent to perturbations of information dissemination in certain time intervals and will consequently weaken the effect of information dissemination,and increase prevalence of infection.Our simulation results agree well with the trends observed from real-world data sets.We found that two specific major events explain the trend of the coronavirus epidemic in the US:the online propaganda and international agenda setting of Donald Trump early in 2020 and the 2020 US Presidential Election.

Campaigning by Human Branding:Associating with American Presidents

Human branding has become an essential issue in political marketing.It is exempli fied in the election of American Presidents.This paper examines the American experience to suggest a typology of human branding that may apply in both presidential and other political systems.It examines examples of presidential human brands from George Washington on but,given significant changes to electoral procedures,concentrates on first-time successful presidential candidates since 1901.The fourfold typology offers an interrelated set of ideal types that will augment the analysis of human branding.It is applied to presidents when they take up office rather than after serving.The typology draws on the source of primary brand association and relation to the core political system of each politician.