With less than one week until Election Day, tensions around the country are mounting. While the year 2020 has brought many surprises, the controversial nature of the election is one of the few certainties. Reeling from the human and economic toll of the COVID-19 pandemic, and facing severe racial strife – the perceived stakes are high. What’s more, a combination of technical and political challenges has set the stage for a disputed election in which there is an elevated possibility for election-related unrest.

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Outbreak of Hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh Region:

On 27 September, armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan ignited at the Line of Contact (LoC) in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Fighting has since centralized in the Tartar and Fizuli regions with unconfirmed but significant numbers of military and civilian casualties on both sides. Present-day conflict between former-USSR countries Armenia and Azerbaijan dates back to 1988 as the culmination of unresolved ethnic land disputes in a region of strategic importance to regional and international powers. 

The case trend in the U.S. is slowly declining, now at 36,000 daily new cases on average over the last seven days. This is a 10% drop from the 40,000 daily new cases on average from the week prior. similar to the moving average last week. The U.S. has now recorded over 6,300,000 confirmed cases and nearly 190,000 deaths.

The case trend in the U.S. remains stable, at around 40,000 daily new cases on average over the last seven days, similar to the moving average last week. The U.S. has now recorded over 6,000,000 confirmed cases and over 185,000 deaths.

The past several months have been unlike no other in recent history. Together, we have been navigating a global pandemic, historic levels of unemployment, nationwide civil unrest and mass protests, and natural disasters wreaking havoc throughout the country.