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R&D: The Federal Government Looks into State Bankruptcy, Ways to Deal with Iran, and Ecuador Puts Police Under Civilian Control

Here is your R&D for January 21st: Path Is Sought for States to Escape Debt Burdens from the New York Times States governments are not the only ones worried about their finances.  According to the New York Times, the federal … Continue reading

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R&D: Venezuela’s Nuclear Ambitions, Ecuador’s President Denies a Dissolution of the National Assembly, and The Effectiveness of U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

Here is your R&D for October 7th: Is Chavez Following Iran Down the Radioactive Brick Road? from Foreign Policy in Focus In this interesting article, Foreign Policy in Focus argues that Venezuela has been developing a nuclear program and that … Continue reading

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R&D: Rouse to Take Over as Chief of Staff, Correa is Rescued, and the Budget and the Midterm Elections

Here is your R&D for October 1st: Rahm Emanuel leaving, Pete Rouse in on Friday from Politico President Obama is expected to announce today that Rahm Emanuel will leave the White House to run for mayor of Chicago and that … Continue reading

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