by Anna Kalinina | Aug 12, 2010 | Uncategorized
After nearly half a century of frozen relations with Cuba, Congress is considering steps that could create thousands of American jobs and establish a valuable cultural exchange between the two countries. On June 30, the Travel Restriction Reform and Export Enhancement...
by David Gibbs, Anna Kalinina | Aug 6, 2010 | Human Rights, War & Peace
This summer marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre, where 8,000 Muslims, mostly men and boys, lost their lives in the single worst act of genocide in Europe since the 1940s. For many, the key lesson of Srebrenica is that the United States should...
by Steve Fake, Kevin Funk | Jul 19, 2010 | Human Rights
With widespread allegations of fraud, voter intimidation, and the withdrawal of nearly all opposition candidates, the conclusion of Sudan’s elections is unsurprising. Receiving 68 percent of the national vote, indicted war criminal Omar al-Bashir has maintained...
by Shibil Siddiqi | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
According to Meir Dagan, director of Mossad, “Israel is turning from an asset to the United States to a burden.” Though an alignment of interests between the United States and Israel existed from the 1960s to the end of the Cold War, the two...
by Rebecca Azhdam, Richard Javad Heydarian | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
Iran’s nuclear program has become the focal point of international discussions about the region’s future, and the United States and its allies have made the resolution of the nuclear standoff a precondition for future discussions of Iran’s broader...
