The Iran Deal: Iran P5+1 nuclear deal Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — (full text)
The Iran Deal: Iran P5+1 nuclear deal, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — (full text)
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General Interest
Armed Forces: What’s Next for Morsi’s Egypt?
Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr The Arab uprisings are redefining the political landscape of the Middle East and North African region. Despite recent transitional political processes being experienced by some Arab countries, chaos, uncertainty, fear, cases of sexual abuses against women, and struggle for power by sectarian groups still describe the general condition of affected countries Read more
Continue ReadingIndonesia, Islam And Democracy
By Bawono Kumoro* Indonesia During a ceremony at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he received an honorary doctorate, President Yudhoyono tackled the global perception that Islam and democracy could not work together. The president said that he believed Indonesia was a good example to highlight how democracy, modernization and Islam worked hand in hand.Furthermore, President Read more
Continue ReadingThe anatomy of corrupting power: Nixon Grand Jury Records
On November 10, 2011, the National Archives in College Park, MD opened 26 files from its Records of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force (WSPF) collection including transcripts of President Nixon’s grand jury testimony of June 23-24, 1975, pursuant to the July 29, 2011, order by Chief Judge Royce C. Lamberth, Chief Judge of the Read more
Continue ReadingUsing Privilege to Challenge the State
by Noam Chomsky Since we often cannot see what is happening before our eyes, it is perhaps not too surprising that what is at a slight distance removed is utterly invisible. We have just witnessed an instructive example: President Obama’s dispatch of 79 commandos into Pakistan on May 1 to carry out what was evidently Read more
Continue ReadingCruel America
by Jonathan Schell At the GOP debate on the 12th, there was another public expression of enthusiasm for loss of life in Texas. CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who favors repeal of President Obama’s health plan, what medical response he would recommend if a young man who had decided not to buy Read more
Continue ReadingThe legacy of a “public servant” who would torture the public
On: Remembering Why Americans Loathe Dick Cheney By Conor Friedersdorf As the former vice president releases his memoir, it’s useful to recall the many reasons why the vast majority of Americans disapproved of his tenure. When Vice President Dick Cheney left office, his approval rating stood at a staggeringly low 13 percent. Few political figures Read more
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