Hours before the “Torture Report” was release by the Senate, former speechwriter for President George W. Bush Michael Gerson wrote an op-ed where he called Senators Feinstein’s and Udall’s decisions to release the report reckless in what he referred to as “a massive dump of intelligence.” In making his argument, Mr. Gerson misconstrues principles of […]
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Critical Analysis: Distinguishing Obama’s Drone Program from Bush’s Interrogation Program
Posted on 22 January 2015.
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Critical Analysis: Another Olympics, Another Human Rights Situation
Posted on 21 November 2013.
In 2008, the International Olympic Committee was widely criticized for allowing China to showcase Beijing while not adequately addressing human rights concerns. Five years later, the IOC is now embroiled in another human rights situation, as Sochi, Russia, will host the 2014 winter Olympics. The 2014 Sochi Olympics have been criticized for a number of […]
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Critical Analysis: Division in Iranian Leadership
Posted on 21 February 2013.
Some argue that the West is continually trying to find ways to contain Iran and their believed attempt to acquire nuclear weapons. Recent infighting shows that the country’s leadership may be splintering leading to a fissure in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Do these public confrontations present an opportunity for the West to find workable […]
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Critical Analysis: Emerging LGBT Rights Across the United Nations
Posted on 26 October 2012.
On October 2nd, Ukrainian lawmakers passed a law that would imprison a person for up to five years for positively representing homosexuality. Human rights groups condemned the law as Soviet era oppression, which considered homosexuality a crime. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights spoke out against the law, stating that the legislation was clearly […]
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