For example if I am from Pakistan and its easy to detect from my IP that I am from Pakistan than I should be allowed to vote for phones that are Officially available in my region. This way fake votes can be reduced. 2. Dont ask people to vote without being getting their comment :)...
As such, the main benefits to citizenship in New Zealand are securing a sense of national identity, a “security of tenure,” or lack of risk of having a visa revoked, and the right to a New Zealand passport. Many expats in New Zealand do choose to live in the country for many years...
You can track the progress of your application using the status requirement request function on the inland revenue website. You’ll just have to enter the request code you were given, and a few details about where you applied to see how your application is doing. Applying for a CPF number ...
I know I'm being a little too serious for this post, but I'm not a big fan of making light of dictatorships, particularly in light of our continued support and close ties with them when it suits our needs (i.e. Rice is visiting Pakistan this week). I hope President Bush's actions...
(Dreher and Gassebner2012; Steinwand and Stone2008; Woo2013); that is, all else equal, countries that vote similarly to the US are more likely to participate in IMF programs. To act as a valid instrument, voting patterns must influence IMF participation (Thacker1999), but not affect the ...
Dual citizenship (or multiple citizenship) is a legal status that simultaneously recognises individuals as citizens of two countries. To get dual citizenship, you must check your eligibility, gather the necessary documents, submit your application, and await the decision of your chosen country. Benefit...
With the ineffective William 4th and then the teenage Queen Victoria, the monarch was quietly deposed as the leading individual in Britain’s March of Progress, while kept as a valuable figurehead. An oligarchy could do the job just as well, and also persuade others to vote them into power....
17] argue, ‘China's pursuit of global status is mainly driven by a tributary mentality that bases national prestige on international recognition, and the political defence of domestic legitimacy.’ Compared to the Western model of submission, China's patron-client arrangement is based on ...
Media giants may beg to differ and remind us of their status as private companies that can make their own internal rules. But if their main product is information, which has an existential value to our society, they can no more hide behind their private status than the landlords or mo...
Status quo actors instinctively rationalize responsibility for the gap onto factors beyond their control and tend to fixate on the symptoms, often in ways that make the problems worse. This is the essence of the competition today. The U.S. and the West, as keepers of the status quo, have...