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Category Archives: Topic Brief
Topic Brief: Kerry-Lugar Bill
By Logan Scisco Since September 11, 2001, the Pakistani government has been a friend to the United States. Although Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) organization helped to establish the Taliban and was friendly to the Taliban government in Afghanistan, the … Continue reading
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Tagged foreign policy, Pakistan, Topic Brief, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Topic Brief: G-20 Summit
by Logan Scisco Two weeks ago, the leaders of nineteen of the world’s influential economies, with the European Union, met in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for another round of G-20 summit talks. The G-20 is an organization created in 1999 that is … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, IMF, world economy
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Topic Brief: Budget Deficit Politics
By Logan Scisco During the “off season” after NFL Nationals, the issue of the budget deficit has come to be a major one in American politics. It has the potential to shape the outcome of the midterm elections in 2010 … Continue reading
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Topic Brief: North Korean Aggression
By Logan Scisco Early last month, North Korea angered the international community over its launch of a long range missile (Taepodong-2). This launch went against UN Security Council resolutions that ban North Korea from conducting ballistic missile tests, although North … Continue reading
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2009 NFL Nationals United States Extemp Topic Area Analysis
By Colin West & Logan Scisco EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to some topic areas being reused on a yearly basis by the National Forensic League, some of Colin’s analysis that appeared on Extemp Central’s website last year was pieced into this … Continue reading
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Topic Brief: David Souter Retirement
By Logan Scisco Last Friday, Supreme Court justice David Souter announced his retirement, pending the confirmation of a successor. Souter has been a liberal vote on the court, progressively moving in that direction since arriving to the Court in 1990. … Continue reading
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Topic Brief: Space Junk
by Logan Scisco Although space issues are a well researched area by extempers, who focus more on domestic politics and international situations such as those involving North Korea, they do arise in the later rounds of tournaments when question writers … Continue reading
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Topic Brief: Omar Al-Bashir Arrest Warrant
by Logan Scisco The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its largest arrest warrant to date when last Wednesday they targeted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity for actions that have taken place in … Continue reading
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Topic Brief: Leftism in Latin America
By Sarah Anand[1] The term leftism itself has been used quite frequently (especially in relation to Latin American politics) to characterize the state of a country’s affairs. However, there is a tendency to ascribe the particular adjective without fully understanding … Continue reading