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Author Archives: Amen Jalal

Banking for Terrorists

Have the world’s banking giants been engaged in conspiracy with Iran?

Posted byAmen JalalNovember 13, 2014November 13, 2014Posted inThe Politic BlogTags: financial industry, IranLeave a comment on Banking for Terrorists

New Haven Police Chief Talks Militarization

Esserman argued that it is not the weapons but how, when and where the weapons are used that determines whether or not they are a positive addition to the police force.

Posted byAmen JalalNovember 8, 2014November 8, 2014Posted inThe Politic BlogTags: Ferguson, New HavenLeave a comment on New Haven Police Chief Talks Militarization

The Talks of Terror

Deconstructing Pakistan’s negotiations with the Taliban.

Posted byAmen JalalApril 23, 2014July 25, 2014Posted inWorldTags: Ahrar-ul-Hind, Elizabeth Hanson, Hassan Askari, Pakistan, Saadia Saeed, Stanley McChrystal, Tehrik-e-Taliban PakistanLeave a comment on The Talks of Terror

Professors, we see you!

While Kristof’s op-ed is motivated by a genuine and indeed important concern about the inaccessibility of research in academic disciplines, it nonetheless makes vast and misleading generalizations.

Posted byAmen JalalFebruary 26, 2014February 26, 2014Posted inThe Politic BlogLeave a comment on Professors, we see you!

Five hard truths about “the least untruthful” NSA

Mr. Clapper, in his least untruthful account, had casually neglected to mention that a program code-named PRISM, which happens to be the single largest contributor to intelligence reports

Posted byAmen JalalFebruary 7, 2014February 7, 2014Posted inThe Politic BlogLeave a comment on Five hard truths about “the least untruthful” NSA

A tortured road to the Olympics

It seems very much that history will view Putin and Sochi 2014 in the same light, assessing the success of one from the performance of the other.

Posted byAmen JalalJanuary 30, 2014January 30, 2014Posted inThe Politic BlogLeave a comment on A tortured road to the Olympics

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