Henry Jackson Society
19 May 2012
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PresidentObamamuststandupforRussia’sdissidents
MichaelWeissdiscussestheinternationaldevelopmentsaftertheRussianGovernment'spersecutionofataxattorney
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AnalyzingtheBinLadenDocuments
RobinSimcoxtakesanindepthlookintotheBinLadendocuments
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ThrowingtheBabyOutWiththeBathwater?
TheFightbackfor'InclusiveCapitalism'StartsHere
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AbrutalcrackdownmaybecomingforRussia’srenewedopposition
JuliaPettengilldiscussesthepossibilityofPutincrackingdownontheRussianopposition
President Obama must stand up for Russia’s dissidents
Michael Weiss discusses the international developments after the Russian Government's persecution of a tax attorneyAnalyzing the Bin Laden Documents
Robin Simcox takes an in depth look in to the Bin Laden documentsThrowing the Baby Out With the Bathwater?
The Fightback for 'Inclusive Capitalism' Starts HereA brutal crackdown may be coming for Russia’s renewed opposition
Julia Pettengill discusses the possibility of Putin cracking down on the Russian opposition
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United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) are pleased to announce the launch of a major joint non-governmental initiative--UANI-ISD--dedicated to combating the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran with a view to preventing international conflict.
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To the man on the street, the idea of “inclusive capitalism” is an oxymoron.
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The National Coordination Body (NCB), which includes the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) as one of its member, released a statement on March 31 granting Kurds and other ethnic groups “proportional representation with decentralized principles.”Why Israel keeps quiet on Syria
It is all about Iran and Hezbollah in Tel Aviv, but Syria can also mean trouble. While the Israeli government is pushing for more action on Iran and its nuclear program, the powder keg right next door is on the verge of exploding.
Rolls Royce director: Tuition fees threaten to ‘blow science degrees out of the water’
Colin Smith, director of engineering and technology at Rolls Royce, said the cost of a fourth year at university will deter graduates from lower and middle income households from selecting engineering courses. He claimed they would need a job paying £100,000 a year to clear their debts.
A Call for Corporations to Focus on the Long Term
LONDON — Companies should help reduce income inequality and focus more on long-term goals, a new group of supporters of capitalism said on Monday. In its first paper, the group, called the Henry Jackson Initiative for Inclusive Capitalism, suggests companies should stop reporting earnings quarterly, to encourage investors to think over the longer term.
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, May 11, 2012
Julia Pettengill of the Henry Jackson Society offers a study of Russia's opposition movement and warns that a crackdown may be on the way (a protestor is detained by police in the photo above).Britain vulnerable to E-bomb attack, experts to warn
Britain needs to spend money on building defences against an “E-bomb” that would explode in the upper atmosphere and knock out all electronic communication and power, the Defence Secretary will say today.Britain must keep Trident as other countries increase nuclear capabilities, says US adviser
Franklin Miller, who served as an adviser to George W Bush and sat on the National Security Council, told a meeting in Parliament that as a country with global interests Britain could not give up on its nuclear deterrent.View more
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May 18, 2012
United States
President Obama must stand up for Russia’s dissidents
Michael Weiss discusses the international developments after the Russian Government's persecution of a tax attorney
A network of student presidents from universities around the world, College-100 (or C-100), has done a sterling job of exposing corruption in Russia, producing the video below about the case of Sergei Magnitsky.
To get you up to speed, Mr Magnitsky was a Russian tax attorney ...May 18, 2012
Terrorism & Security
Analyzing the Bin Laden Documents
Robin Simcox takes an in depth look in to the Bin Laden documents
The recent release of 17 documents discovered at Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad should inspire a rethink of many Western notions about al-Qaeda. Bin Laden’s place in the political and theological jihadi spectrum, especially, needs more consideration. What is ...May 14, 2012
Economy
Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater?
The Fightback for 'Inclusive Capitalism' Starts Here
Over the past four years, our system of capitalism has come in for merciless berating from politicians, opinion formers and most tellingly, the general public. Whether it is bankers’ bonuses, business practices, or concerns about rising levels of inequality, it ...May 14, 2012
Middle East
The Failure of Arab Liberals
Lamenting the illiberal fruit of the Arab Spring has become a favorite pastime of the Western commentariat. A year and a half after the movement’s outbreak, pundits from across the political spectrum compete daily for valuable editorial real estate to ...May 13, 2012
Iran
The Epic, Secret Struggle to Educate Iran’s Bahais
The Salvadoran jurist Reynaldo Galindo Pohl died this year at age 93. A former education minister and president of El Salvador’s National Constitutional Assembly, Pohl spent much of his career pressing for human rights, first as a member of the ...May 12, 2012
Iran
The Iranian Turning Point
Today, amid growing tensions with the Islamic Republic, Iranians are often deemed to possess little moral agency. When Iranian theocrats deny the Holocaust or demand a new one, we are told that such sentiments are a reaction to Western hostility, ...May 10, 2012
Libya
Libya did not fight to have freedom of speech restricted
The NTC believe that their “anti-glorification” laws are necessary to safeguard the 17 February Revolution, but by restricting freedom of speech they are undermining one of the fundamental principles for which that revolution was fought.
Over the past week a growing ...May 9, 2012
Russia
A brutal crackdown may be coming for Russia’s renewed opposition
Julia Pettengill discusses the possibility of Putin cracking down on the Russian opposition
Vladimir Putin’s presidential inauguration hasn’t gone to plan. While Putin may have once expected a relatively calm re-entry to the office he never really left, his reinstallation was instead heralded by crowds of between 20,000-100,000, carrying signs with slogans such as “Russia ...May 2, 2012
Human Rights
North Korea continues to brutalise its people and yet we do nothing
Emily Dyer discusses North Korea's treatment of their citizens
Shin Dong-hyuk, one of the few known survivors of North Korea’s prison camps, travelled to London last week to share his experiences in Parliament at an event held by the Henry Jackson Society. Shin, born into Kaechon internment camp (Camp ...Research
May 5, 2012
Russia
The Russian Opposition
Julia Pettengill surveys groups, individuals, strategies and prospects
INTRODUCTION
Russia’s power structure faces the most significant challenge since Vladimir Putin assumed office in 1999. The fraudulent Duma elections of 2011— which delivered the ruling United Russia Party a significantly reduced majority— sparked a wave of popular protests in Moscow ...HJS
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