Across
- 1. Philosopher known for coining the “veil of ignorance”
- 7. Longest-serving independent senator in U.S. history
- 11. Populist European party that rebranded in 2025 and adopted the slogan “Europe for the Europeans — Again”
- 12. California city whose “Downtown Plan 2040” became a flashpoint for anti-gentrification protests
- 17. 2024 U.S. presidential candidate whose campaign popularized the phrase “freedom conservatism”
- 18. Rule by unelected experts
- 19. The 2025 “data sovereignty” pact linking India, the EU, and Japan against U.S. cloud dominance
- 23. Doctrine rejecting the idea that courts should defer to administrative agencies — overturned in 2024
- 24. Host country for the 2025 G20 Summit
- 26. China’s initiative framing development as an alternative to Western aid
- 28. Middle Eastern country that adopted a new constitution this year, eliminating its presidency in favor of a parliamentary system
- 29. Scholar of constitutional interpretation known for “living constitutionalism”
- 30. Key swing state where abortion rights ballot initiatives drove turnout in 2024
- 32. Region where Houthi attacks on shipping routes in 2025 escalated tensions
- 34. Progressive prosecutor recalled by San Francisco voters in 2022
- 35. Policy concept promoting reshoring of supply chains
- 37. U.S. senator appointed to Kamala Harris’s former seat in 2021
- 38. Country whose leader remained ranked #1 in global approval ratings in January 2025 with about 75 percent approval
- 39. U.S. foreign policy doctrine emphasizing “de-risking” over “decoupling”
- 40. Economic philosophy revived by U.S. and EU policymakers to justify industrial subsidies and protectionism
- 41. Southeast Asian country that executed a coup in 2021
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- 2. Economist whose “shock therapy” informed 1990s neoliberal reforms
- 3. 2025 corruption scandal that rocked the European Parliament, nicknamed “____Gate”
- 4. Branch of government political scientists say has “regained supremacy” post-Chevron
- 5. Current Federal Reserve chair
- 6. French political thinker behind the concept of “biopolitics”
- 8. Legal doctrine often cited in CEQA challenges
- 9. Doctrine invoked by U.S. presidents to justify unilateral military action
- 10. Policy buzzword for restoring local control over zoning decisions
- 13. News outlet banned from operating in India in 2025 over alleged “foreign influence”
- 14. Main UN body for humanitarian aid in Palestine
- 15. Postcolonial scholar behind “Orientalism”
- 16. Political theory Karl Popper defended in "The Open Society"
- 19. 2023 SCOTUS ethics scandal centered on this justice’s luxury trips
- 20. term used by the U.N. Secretary-General to describe the alignment of digital surveillance, AI, and authoritarianism in 2025
- 21. Host country for the 2025 NATO Summit
- 22. Phrase coined by Justice Robert Jackson describing the limits of presidential power
- 25. Capital city that hosts both the EU and NATO headquarters
- 27. Political strategist credited with pioneering “microtargeting” in campaigns
- 31. Term used by political theorists for the shifting of working-class voters toward conservative parties
- 33. Governor whose immigration policies sparked multiple lawsuits in 2024
- 36. 20th-century economist who framed markets as self-regulating “fictions”