By Mark J. Redmond When Linda Coronado picked up the phone, she was met by the sound of her grandfather’s voice: "I need for you to vote a particular way."1 Coronado was upset. "Who’s gonna [sic] know? How’re they gonna [sic] know?" she replied. "You just have to do what I tell you to do. [...]
10 November 2011
By Sarah Tucker Photo Credit: Flickr user Gin Fizz The process of Bakola-Bagyeli integration into the public school system of Kribi, Cameroon entails a delicate balance between modernization, preserving tradition, and protecting human rights. In the case of the Bakola-Bagyeli, education has the potential to foster empowerment, but also to erode culture. Increased integration into [...]
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10 May 2011
By Anna Mysliwiec The international Muslim Brotherhood is occasionally characterized by American commentators, especially those with right-wing leanings, as a radical Islamist movement on par with al-Qaeda: transnational, ambitious, and therefore inherently threatening to U.S. interests. Following the Gaza flotilla crisis in June 2010, Thomas Joscelyn commented in the Weekly Standard: "The more one looks [...]
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05 May 2011
By Leslie H. Gelb Most nations today beat their foreign policy drums largely to economic rhythms, but less so the United States. Most nations define their interests largely in economic terms and deal mostly in economic power, but less so the United States. Washington still thinks of its security mainly in traditional military terms and [...]
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05 May 2011
By Philip J. Zakahi In an October 1, 2008, Washington Post piece titled, "Nov. 4 Isn’t the Only Election Day; Campaigns Adjust as Early Voting Rises," Mary Pat Flaherty outlines the tactics major party presidential campaigns use to win over "electoral gold"—the "early voters" who take advantage of laws in thirty-six states allowing them to [...]
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05 May 2011
By Derek Pham Despite China’s efforts in the past decade to implement a “good neighbor” policy with surrounding states, in the past two years this foreign policy has been seemingly compromised by China’s aggressive tactics in the contested South China Sea (SCS), including its imposition of unilateral fishing bans, arrests of foreign fishermen, and increased [...]
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02 May 2011
By Daniel E. Rauch We must never forget that it is a Constitution for the United States of America that we are expounding.”1 With these words, Justice Antonin Scalia registered his disapproval for an increasingly prominent practice: the Supreme Court’s citation of non-American law. He is not alone; over the past decade, the Court’s use [...]
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