💸 Dollar rose due to U.S. bond yield increase and upcoming presidential election
📉 Euro and sterling weakened against the dollar
🇯🇵 Yen weakened against the dollar
📐 Economic divergence between U.S. and Europe impacting currency moves
📈 Trump’s improving odds in the election are supporting the dollar
💹 The U.S. dollar rose due to a rise in U.S. bond yields and expectations of fast rates if Trump wins
Impact of U.S. Elections:
🗳 Market focus on corporate earnings and U.S. election, Japan’s general election on Oct. 27
🗳 Polls favoring Trump are boosting the dollar, as his policies are seen keeping U.S. interest rates high
Cryptocurrency News:
🚀 Bitcoin rose with expectations of softer cryptocurrency regulation under Trump administration
📈 Bitcoin is up as Trump’s better prospects are viewed positively for cryptocurrency regulation
Sectarianism and Identity Politics:
💬 Sectarianism can be understood as either fixed communal categories or a set of social practices.
🌍 Sectarianism is often not purely "religious" or "political", but rather complex and multi-faceted.
📖 The term "sectarianism" has been critiqued for being too ambiguous and simplifying complex conflicts.
🛡️ Scholars differentiate between "sectarianism" (antipathy between groups) and "sectarianization" (mobilization of identity markers for political goals).
🤝 Intersectionality is increasingly important in understanding how factors like gender, ethnicity, and social status intersect with sectarian identity.
🔥 Authoritarian regimes have been known to exploit sectarian identities to maintain power and control.
📚 Scholars study sectarian discourses through approaches like primordialism, instrumentalism, and constructivism.
🌐 Sectarian tensions have historical roots that have influenced conflicts and shaping societies in various regions like Ireland, the Middle East, and Yemen.
⚔️ Sectarianism in conflicts like in Syria or Yemen has complex socio-political, historical, and external factors at play that go beyond religious divides.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia’s treatment and discrimination of its Shi’ite population is a notable example of sectarianism.
🇱🇧 Lebanon’s political system is built on sectarian lines and has deep historical roots.