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Abstract: The Occupy Movement has returned and is resurrecting itself in Hong Kong. But in this case, the “occupying” is not associating...
Abstract: Twenty-year-old Doug Massengill grew up poor, raised by grandparents in a rural enclave in North Carolina, a state that hasn't picked a Democrat for...
Abstract: Last month’s news that Americans will need to pay more for water comes at an interesting time, just as summer season commences and community...
Abstract: Global climate change got little reprieve this week from President Barack Obama's climate action plan, which was announced on Tuesday. Beyond the...
Abstract: That the U.S. military is burning Korans and urinating on dead bodies is, without question, bad diplomacy—really bad, in fact—but it does...
Abstract: With NATO's meeting in Chicago two weekends ago building consensus on critical next steps vis-a-vis anticipated withdrawals and deadlines,...
Abstract: David Rosnick is spot on in "Breaking Down the Causes of Income Inequality" (07/16/12), but what about the effects of income inequality?...
Abstract: David Francis is right to question "Is the American Dream Dead?" (09/25/12). By all accounts, it is. The question, then, is how to revive...
Abstract: This month, hidden amid election excitement, a report was delivered to Congress by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction....
Abstract: As the U.S. government gears up to militarize more of the Middle East by arming rebels in Syria, we are witnessing a similar mission creep toward the...
Abstract: The scandal at the Internal Revenue Service illustrates well the critical importance of an inspector general in keeping an administration accountable...
Abstract: With New York State legislature laying down the law on gun control, and with the White House taskforce announcing similar measures, it is clear that...
Abstract: As President Barack Obama defended the nation's ever-evolving counter-terrorism policy yesterday at the National Defense University and opened the...
Abstract: Last week, the so-called "war on coal," which Senate Joe Manchin, D-W.V., recently claimed is real, gained new momentum after the World...
Abstract: Framed as the biggest trade deal in the history of the world, trade representatives from the United States and the European Union meet in Washington...
Abstract: There are few ideas that convey the idea of "shared security" better than global warming. When the world warms up, when the sea levels...
Abstract: This month, Washington – and the world – commemorates the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington. While Dr....
Abstract: If the United States was genuinely interested in preventing an escalation of violent conflict in Syria, we would impatiently pursue all preventive...
Abstract: This week, as members of Congress queue to ask Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin...
Abstract: Syria's welcoming this week of Russia's proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control should put a pause on the Obama...
Abstract: One of the most disturbing dynamics about President Barack Obama's speech to the American people and what's gone down in the last week in Washington...
Abstract: What few people in Washington are talking about when it comes to the Syria crisis is the connection to climate change. While it may seem remote...
Abstract: This week, as U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy testified before the House Energy...
Abstract: President Barack Obama's speech at the United Nations General Assembly today deserves some fact checking. There were multiple assertions that...
Abstract: As inspectors begin destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, the days and weeks ahead are absolutely critical. While we laud the...
Abstract: Last week, the Elders, led by ex-U.S. president Jimmy Carter, called for an end to impunity over the anti-Muslim attacks in Myanmar and the...
Abstract: The government shutdown, even after it ends, will slow much of the president's second-term agenda items. Obamacare isn't the only policy on the...
Abstract: Why You Should Care About Tajikistan's ElectionOn November 6, 2013, the post-Soviet republic of Tajikistan is slated for another round of...
Abstract: Irrespective of the latest reports on possible collusion between U.S. and Pakistani spy agencies, Amnesty International's newest report on the...
Abstract: Tribal elders in Afghanistan are preparing to meet next week to discuss the Bilateral Security Agreement between the U.S. and Afghanistan, which...
Abstract: Earlier this month, five Cuban nationals – sponsored by the Center for Democracy in the Americas – made the trek from Havana to...
Abstract: With the United States and Iran finally on a path toward resolving the dispute over Iran's nuclear program, a member of Congress on the House...
Abstract: Despite clear warnings of a new climate normal, we still have not made significant progress in Congress to address the root causes. Global climate...
Abstract: As the December 31st deadline for the U.S.-Afghan Bilateral Security Agreement gets pushed back, given unresolved disagreements over the post-2014 U....
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That the Pentagon admitted, this month, to sending its military back into Somalia after a 20 year absence of explicit involvement (never mind the...
Abstract: It is time for an international conversation – and, ultimately, a treaty – on the use of drones. It is naïve to carry on as if the U.S....
Abstract: When it comes to the conflict in Ukraine, the Republic of Georgia must feel like history is close to repeating itself. Georgia lost 20 percent of its...
Abstract: Post Arab-Spring, and now in Eastern Europe, we are witnessing the repercussions of societies that failed to deliver economic stability and growth...
Abstract: Returning in March from transatlantic dialogues in Poland and Germany in which I and other policy types from Washington discussed the situation in...
Abstract: Twenty years ago this week, an estimated 1 million Rwandans were killed in that country's genocide. Needless to say, the post-genocide era has...
Abstract: The United States Department of Defense used it recently in Yemen and Pakistan. The U.S. State Department is using it right now in Afghanistan and...
Abstract: Before allowing pride to further cloud sound judgment in global engagement, it is critical for America to bring back into balance an appropriate...
Abstract: Building a nation after an Arab Spring-like revolution isn’t easy, especially when corruption is rampant, the population is starving and the...
Abstract: Congress finally appears to be realizing that it has been providing neither checks nor balances to the president’s war powers for the last 13...
Abstract: As fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIL or ISIS, and bands of insurgent groups seize new cities and head south...
Abstract: As America’s news coverage of Nigeria continues to focus on the plight of kidnapped girls, mounting civilian causalities at the hands of the...
Abstract: America is finally waking up to the militarization of its police forces. This is a good thing and heralds a tipping point in the changing face of...
Abstract: This month’s report on renewable energy markets from the International Energy Agency indicates that by 2020, China will account for almost 40...
Abstract: Members of Congress should refuse campaign donations from fossil fuel industries.Despite the fact that the American people mobilized in...
Abstract: Yemen is teetering on the verge of an all-out sectarian civil war. Recent peace deals may prove to be fleeting. The Houthis, a Zaydi-Shiite group...
Abstract: Germany is laying out a model for how to gut greenhouse gas emissions.With the German government’s reaffirmation this month of carbon emissions...
Abstract: Meetings and invitations, with whom and by whom, is how much of the media distilled down Sen. Bernie Sanders' visit to the Vatican this past week...
Abstract: Patriots come in all shapes and sizes, not just in American uniforms. Laudable service to your country can, and should, include caring for the "...
Abstract: The Senate Democrats' sound and fury over President Donald Trump's cabinet picks and his political agenda is apparently signifying nothing...
Articles About S-CAR
Abstract: America’s most effective ally on the ground in Syria is defecting to its chief adversary in the war against the Islamic State group, risking...
Abstract: Cooper Brown trained as a U.S. Marine and devoted more than five years of his life to the Corps. Now he's training to be a peacebuilder, part of a...