ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato The United States Is Getting Infected With Dictatorship By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 13, 2020 Apr 13, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has provided an opening for Donald Trump to attack transparency, voting rights, and accountability. Full Article
ato After Social Distancing, a Strange Purgatory Awaits By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 16, 2020 Apr 16, 2020Life right now feels very odd. And it will feel odd for months—and even years—to come. Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato Grow Up About Dictators, America! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020The U.S. Democratic primary has exposed an obsession with morality when it comes to foreign policy that is harmful to strategic and moral objectives alike, Stephen M. Walt writes. Full Article
ato Mato Grosso a caminho de 2ª maior safra de soja By www.argusmedia.com Published On :: 06 May 2020 19:05 (+01:00 GMT) Full Article Agriculture Fertilizers Corn Soybean Brazil Fundamentals
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ato 'Hamilton is lucky', says Briatore By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:09:16 GMT Flavio Briatore says Lewis Hamilton should have been disqualified from Sunday's European Grand Prix for overtaking the safety car Full Article
ato Asia Whole and Free? Assessing the Viability and Practicality of a Pacific NATO By www.belfercenter.org Published On :: Mar 31, 2020 Mar 31, 2020This report will address four questions in the Pacific NATO debate. First, is there a historical precedent for a Pacific NATO? This report does find a precedent in the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), though it was largely unsuccessful due to its lack of regional adoption, weak mutual defense provisions, and ultimately became tainted by the Vietnam War. Second, would such an alliance be necessary given the plethora of existing multilateral partnerships in the region? While there is a broad multilateral landscape in the Indo-Pacific, there is currently no agreement that combines both the wide reach and deep obligations of a hypothetical Pacific NATO. However, the Quad and RIMPAC do bring together many of the key Indo-Pacific powers and serve as an important foundation for U.S.-oriented multilateral regional security. Third, how could such an alliance be structured? This report examines three options: expanding NATO’s mandate beyond Europe, building on its Enhanced Opportunity Partner (EOP) program, and creating a new alliance system. It also uses the case of Montenegro’s NATO accession to generate a broad set of criteria for future membership. And fourth, how would Indo-Pacific nations, including China, respond to such an alliance? This would be exceedingly difficult. China has significant economic leverage over even our closest allies, like Australia and Japan. Intractable internal disputes abound, particularly between South Korea and Japan and four nations—Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam—with competing claims in the South China Sea. Two of the United States’ most important partners in the region, India and Singapore, have a longstanding aversion to exactly this type of alliance system. And for newer partners, like Malaysia and Indonesia, the value proposition is even less clear. The Chinese are likely to respond to any attempts at a multilateral military alliance in its backyard with a whole-of-government effort to stop it. If that alliance includes Taiwan, it could result in even more aggressive action. Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato Grow Up About Dictators, America! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020The U.S. Democratic primary has exposed an obsession with morality when it comes to foreign policy that is harmful to strategic and moral objectives alike, Stephen M. Walt writes. Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato Grow Up About Dictators, America! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020The U.S. Democratic primary has exposed an obsession with morality when it comes to foreign policy that is harmful to strategic and moral objectives alike, Stephen M. Walt writes. Full Article
ato Alonso returns to McLaren simulator By en.espnf1.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 15:47:20 GMT Fernando Alonso will return to the McLaren simulator on Wednesday as he closes in on a return to the cockpit ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix Full Article
ato NATO and outer space: Now what? By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:20:26 +0000 At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) December 2019 Leader’s Summit in London, leaders acknowledged that technology is rapidly changing the international security environment, stating: “To stay secure, we must look to the future together. We are addressing the breadth and scale of new technologies to maintain our technological edge.” Leaders also identified outer space… Full Article
ato The United States Is Getting Infected With Dictatorship By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 13, 2020 Apr 13, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has provided an opening for Donald Trump to attack transparency, voting rights, and accountability. Full Article
ato After Social Distancing, a Strange Purgatory Awaits By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 16, 2020 Apr 16, 2020Life right now feels very odd. And it will feel odd for months—and even years—to come. Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato Grow Up About Dictators, America! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020The U.S. Democratic primary has exposed an obsession with morality when it comes to foreign policy that is harmful to strategic and moral objectives alike, Stephen M. Walt writes. Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato Grow Up About Dictators, America! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020The U.S. Democratic primary has exposed an obsession with morality when it comes to foreign policy that is harmful to strategic and moral objectives alike, Stephen M. Walt writes. Full Article
ato Abhijit Iyer-Mitra's arrested for 'derogatory' remarks: Many condemn Odisha govt's move By www.thenewsminute.com Published On :: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 07:22:37 +0000 ArrestAbhijit Iyer-Mitra was arrested for his alleged derogatory remarks against the Sun Temple and Odisha culture. TNM StaffSecurity analyst and columnist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra was arrested on Tuesday for his alleged derogatory remarks against the Sun Temple and Odisha culture. The Commissionerate Police arrested Abhijit after hours of interrogation at an undisclosed location in Bhubaneswar. Police Commissioner Satyajit Mohanty said Abhijit was arrested in connection with a criminal case registered against him at Saheed Nagar Police Station on September 20. He has been booked under IP63C Sections 294, 295A, 153A, 500, 506 and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act. He also appeared before a House Committee of Odisha Assembly on Tuesday and tendered an unconditional apology for his derogatory remarks on legislators. The House panel, headed by leader of opposition Narasingh Mishra, asked Abhijit to re-appear on November 2 and submit an affidavit. "Abhijit Iyer-Mitra admitted to the charges levelled against him and offered an unconditional apology for his 'stupidity'. He has been directed to depose before the Committee and submit an affidavit in this regard," said Mishra. "After examining his affidavit, the panel will decide whether to accept his apology or not. Accordingly, the Committee will then recommend to the House to take action against him, if necessary," he said. Abhijit was questioned about the alleged breach of privilege. Many have condemned his arrest, terming it "a zone where freedom is in danger, and an "Orwellian nightmare". Dear Prime Minister @narendramodi, quite admirable that you are active on social media. So I am sure you are aware that in India one can get arrested, like my friend @Iyervval, for a tweet on the origin of Rasagola. That's the democracy & freedom we Indians enjoy under your govt. https://t.co/Hg9kd3pAAe — Aarti Tikoo Singh (@AartiTikoo) October 24, 2018 We're slipping into a zone where #freedom is in danger. It's outrageous that Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval has been arrested by #Odisha Police on risible charges and denied bail. Please read and circulate my protest and appeal. Fight for your, his and everybody's liberty. #India pic.twitter.com/gbuHebzI8g — Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) October 24, 2018 Absurd, vindictive, to jail @iyervval for 14 days over a rosogolla-origin tweet. He's a shock-jock, but trawling through his year-old tweets to fuel specious outrage charges is an illustration of how much is wrong with India's FoE laws.https://t.co/TQZTh05PDW — Nilanjana Roy (@nilanjanaroy) October 24, 2018 .@Iyervval has been arrested by Odisha over a tweet about rasgolas. Read that again. Yes. Does this country have a reset button?https://t.co/wfBXqi5JgH — Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) October 24, 2018 #AbhijitIyerMitra (@Iyervval) got arrested in Odisha for a conversation he had a year ago on SM about the origin of Rasogola! Yes, it's 2018 and you read it right, Rasagola. This is beyond bizarre!!https://t.co/ZGzeuI2fEy — Viju Cherian (@vijucherian) October 24, 2018 This is absurd, we are descending into some Orwellian nightmare. The man is known for his viciousness on social media but he can’t be targeted like this. https://t.co/nAkJqnwSpY — Rammanohar Reddy (@ramreddy) October 23, 2018 We are a banana republic. So much for India being a secular democracy . Shame ! #istandwithabhijit https://t.co/yhN95j5T4K — Naveen Suresh (@NavSuresh) October 24, 2018 This nonsense with @Iyervval has got to stop. His comments are often bigoted and silly and he knows it but mouthing off shouldn't be cause for arrest. Fighting over the origins of rasagola? How about over the success or otherwise of #MakeInIndia instead?https://t.co/EP4kxnYxmE — Jabin T Jacob 鄭嘉賓 (@jabinjacobt) October 25, 2018 He had earlier been summoned to appear before the panel on October 11, which he had skipped. He was summoned again to appear on October 23. Odisha Assembly Speaker Pradip Amat had on September 20 constituted a House Committee to probe the journalist's alleged derogatory remarks against the state and its lawmakers. Abhijit had on September 16 posted a video on Twitter criticising the Konark temple. Later, he went on to make the alleged derogatory remarks against Odisha and its culture. Two FIRs were registered against him at Konark and Saheed Nagar police stations for his remarks. Last month, the Odisha Police arrested the columnist in New Delhi for his anti-Odisha comments. However, he was given conditional bail by a local court in Delhi. Later, the Supreme Court rejected his bail plea saying his comments 'incited religious sentiments'. With IANS inputs Full Article
ato The United States Is Getting Infected With Dictatorship By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 13, 2020 Apr 13, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has provided an opening for Donald Trump to attack transparency, voting rights, and accountability. Full Article
ato After Social Distancing, a Strange Purgatory Awaits By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 16, 2020 Apr 16, 2020Life right now feels very odd. And it will feel odd for months—and even years—to come. Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato Grow Up About Dictators, America! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020The U.S. Democratic primary has exposed an obsession with morality when it comes to foreign policy that is harmful to strategic and moral objectives alike, Stephen M. Walt writes. Full Article
ato The United States Is Getting Infected With Dictatorship By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 13, 2020 Apr 13, 2020The coronavirus pandemic has provided an opening for Donald Trump to attack transparency, voting rights, and accountability. Full Article
ato After Social Distancing, a Strange Purgatory Awaits By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Apr 16, 2020 Apr 16, 2020Life right now feels very odd. And it will feel odd for months—and even years—to come. Full Article
ato How to Topple Dictators and Transform Society By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Jan 3, 2020 Jan 3, 2020Nonviolent resistance scholar Erica Chenoweth explains the key ingredients of successful social movements. Full Article
ato H-Diplo Review Essay 192 on Lawson. Anatomies of Revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14, 2020Emily Whalen reviews Anatomies of Revolution by George Lawson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019). Full Article
ato Grow Up About Dictators, America! By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mar 2, 2020 Mar 2, 2020The U.S. Democratic primary has exposed an obsession with morality when it comes to foreign policy that is harmful to strategic and moral objectives alike, Stephen M. Walt writes. Full Article
ato NATO and outer space: Now what? By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 22 Apr 2020 12:20:26 +0000 At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) December 2019 Leader’s Summit in London, leaders acknowledged that technology is rapidly changing the international security environment, stating: “To stay secure, we must look to the future together. We are addressing the breadth and scale of new technologies to maintain our technological edge.” Leaders also identified outer space… Full Article
ato Removing regulatory barriers to telehealth before and after COVID-19 By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:00:55 +0000 Introduction A combination of escalating costs, an aging population, and rising chronic health-care conditions that account for 75% of the nation’s health-care costs paint a bleak picture of the current state of American health care.1 In 2018, national health expenditures grew to $3.6 trillion and accounted for 17.7% of GDP.2 Under current laws, national health… Full Article
ato Prevalence and characteristics of surprise out-of-network bills from professionals in ambulatory surgery centers By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 14:33:48 +0000 Full Article
ato Removing regulatory barriers to telehealth before and after COVID-19 By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:00:55 +0000 Introduction A combination of escalating costs, an aging population, and rising chronic health-care conditions that account for 75% of the nation’s health-care costs paint a bleak picture of the current state of American health care.1 In 2018, national health expenditures grew to $3.6 trillion and accounted for 17.7% of GDP.2 Under current laws, national health… Full Article
ato What Senators Need to Know about Filibuster Reform By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Dear Members of the Senate,As you know, the Senate has debated the merits of the filibuster and related procedural rules for over two centuries. Recently, several senators who are advocating changes to Senate Rule XXII have renewed this discussion. We write this letter today to clarify some of the common historical and constitutional misperceptions about the filibuster and Rule XXII that all too often surface during debates about Senate rules. First, many argue that senators have a constitutional right to extended debate. However, there is no explicit constitutional right to filibuster.[1] In fact, there is ample evidence that the framers preferred majority rather than supermajority voting rules. The framers knew full well the difficulties posed by supermajority rules, given their experiences in the Confederation Congress under the Articles of Confederation (which required a supermajority vote to pass measures on the most important matters). A common result was stalemate; legislators frequently found themselves unable to muster support from a supermajority of the states for essential matters of governing. In the Constitution, the framers specified that supermajority votes would be necessary in seven, extraordinary situations -which they specifically listed (including overriding a presidential veto, expelling a member of the Senate, and ratifying a treaty). These, of course, are all voting requirements for passing measures, rather than rules for bringing debate to a close. Second, although historical lore says that the filibuster was part of the original design of the Senate, there is no empirical basis for that view. There is no question that the framers intended the Senate to be a deliberative body. But they sought to achieve that goal through structural features of the chamber intended to facilitate deliberation -such as the Senate's smaller size, longer and staggered terms, and older members. There is no historical evidence that the framers anticipated that the Senate would adopt rules allowing for a filibuster. In fact, the first House and the first Senate had nearly identical rule books, both of which included a motion to move the previous question. The House converted that rule into a simple majority cloture rule early in its history. The Senate did not. What happened to the Senate's previous question motion? In 1805, as presiding officer of the Senate, Vice President Aaron Burr recommended a pruning of the Senate's rules. He singled out the previous question motion as unnecessary (keeping in mind that the rule had not yet routinely been used in either chamber as a simple majority cloture motion). When senators met in 1806 to re-codify the rules, they deleted the previous question motion from the Senate rulebook. Senators did so not because they sought to create the opportunity to filibuster; they abandoned the motion as a matter of procedural housekeeping. Deletion of the motion took away one of the possible avenues for cutting off debate by majority vote, but did not constitute a deliberate choice to allow obstruction. The first documented filibusters did not occur until the 1830s, and for the next century they were rare (but often effective) occurrences in a chamber in which majorities generally reigned. Finally, the adoption of Rule XXII in 1917 did not reflect a broad-based Senate preference for a supermajority cloture rule. At that time, a substantial portion of the majority party favored a simple majority rule. But many minority party members preferred a supermajority cloture rule, while others preferred no cloture rule at all. A bargain was struck: Opponents of reform promised not to block the rule change and proponents of reform promised not to push for a simple majority cloture rule. The two-thirds threshold, in other words, was the product of bargaining and compromise with the minority. As has been typical of the Senate's past episodes of procedural change, pragmatic politics largely shaped reform of the Senate's rules. We hope this historical perspective on the origins of the filibuster and Rule XXII will be helpful to you as matters of reform are raised and debated. Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can provide additional clarification. Very truly yours, Sarah Binder Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution Professor of Political Science, George Washington University Gregory Koger Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Miami Thomas E. Mann W. Averell Harriman Chair & Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution Norman Ornstein Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research Eric Schickler Jeffrey & Ashley McDermott Endowed Chair & Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Barbara Sinclair Marvin Hoffenberg Professor of American Politics Emerita, University of California, Los Angeles Steven S. Smith Kate M. Gregg Distinguished Professor of Social Sciences & Professor of Political Science, Washington University Gregory J. Wawro Deputy Chair & Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University [1] In Article I, Section 5, the Constitution empowers the Senate to write its own rules, but it does not stipulate the procedural requirements for ending debate and bringing the Senate to a vote. Downloads Download the Original Letter Authors Sarah A. BinderGregory KogerThomas E. MannNorman OrnsteinEric SchicklerBarbara SinclairSteven S. SmithGregory J. Wawro Publication: The United States Senate Image Source: © Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Full Article
ato Removing regulatory barriers to telehealth before and after COVID-19 By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:00:55 +0000 Introduction A combination of escalating costs, an aging population, and rising chronic health-care conditions that account for 75% of the nation’s health-care costs paint a bleak picture of the current state of American health care.1 In 2018, national health expenditures grew to $3.6 trillion and accounted for 17.7% of GDP.2 Under current laws, national health… Full Article
ato Removing regulatory barriers to telehealth before and after COVID-19 By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 16:00:55 +0000 Introduction A combination of escalating costs, an aging population, and rising chronic health-care conditions that account for 75% of the nation’s health-care costs paint a bleak picture of the current state of American health care.1 In 2018, national health expenditures grew to $3.6 trillion and accounted for 17.7% of GDP.2 Under current laws, national health… Full Article
ato GAO’s role in the regulatory state By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 13:00:44 +0000 Congressional oversight of the regulatory process tends to be criticized for its anemia, but there are signs that Congress does sometimes engage in subtle and complex oversight techniques. One under-studied example of this arises under a 1996 statute called the Congressional Review Act (CRA) and hinges on the work of the U.S. Government Accountability Office… Full Article
ato What China’s food safety challenges mean for consumers, regulators, and the global economy By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 China’s food safety woes are well-known. Addressing food safety concerns can be seen part and parcel of China’s needed transition toward a consumer-oriented economy, which is even more imperative now that the country’s GDP growth is slowing from historic rates. Boosting consumer confidence is an essential piece of that puzzle for China—and by extension, a factor for global economic stability. Full Article Uncategorized