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Derision on Prison Indecision

Brian Dooley | Posted 10.14.2012 | World
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Brian Dooley

While time drags on without meaningful reform, the protests across Bahrain intensify, some of which have developed a violent edge. The regime needs to find something better than its current Ostrich Strategy if it's to convince anyone that it is serious about reform.

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Decades Late and (Billions of) Dollars Short: the U.S. Begins Considering the Facts in Pakistan

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Shahid Buttar

U.S. foreign policy has hardly supported democratic institutions in Pakistan. The New York Times has finally chosen to pay a nod to these concerns.

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Clinton Remarks Undermine Rights Reform in China

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Human Rights Watch

(New York, February 20, 2009) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's comments en route to China that contentious issues such as human rights "can't...

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