The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) otherwise known as the Iran nuclear agreement was signed in Vienna on 14 July 2015 between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council: China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, United States, plus Germany as well as the European Union. The agreement is a comprehensive […]
Controversy continues to rage over Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush‘s comments regarding wages and working hours. On Wednesday, Bush told New Hampshire’s The Union Leader that to grow the economy, “we have to be a lot more productive, Workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. It means that people need to work […]
Thomas Buergenthal, who served as a judge at the International Court of Justice at the Hague for ten years until his retirement in 2010, is considered by many the world’s most distinguished living specialist in international human rights law. The son of German-Jewish and Polish Jewish parents, Buergenthal was born in the former Republic of […]
On May 20, 2015, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a sizeable tranche of documents recovered during the raid on the compound used to hide Usama bin Ladin. The release, which followed a rigorous interagency review, aligns with the President’s call for increased transparency–consistent with national security prerogatives–and the 2014 Intelligence […]
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul (KY) is hammering former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (FL) for telling Fox News’ Megyn Kelly that he would have invaded Iraq in 2003 like his brother did, even knowing what he knows now. Speaking to The Associated Press, Paul said that it is “a real problem if he can’t […]