Category Archives: ICLR Posts

The Consequences of Interrogation: Creator of CIA Interrogation Program Testifies

By: Savannah Young “They kept pouring water and concentrating on my nose and my mouth until I really felt I was drowning and my chest was just about to explode from the lack of oxygen.” [1] This is how Abu Zubaydah described his experience of waterboarding at a CIA black site in Thailand [2] His […]

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The Big Deficit of the United-States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

 By: Karina Oms The ratification of the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) promises to provide increased access to the American, Canadian, and Mexican markets, and strives to improve business environments for all three of the parties involved. Many United States business groups are relieved that President Trump attained a trilateral deal with Canada and Mexico, especially […]

OCTOBER 2019 POSTS

The United States’ Sharp Response to Huawei–Is the Threat Overstated? By Talia Lewis Highly consequential and reported international squabbles are not uncommon in today’s political atmosphere. One such conflict emerged as a result of mounting fears in the West of Chinese dominance in the tech marketplace: The United States government’s conflict with Huawei.   Huawei–China’s […]

SEPTEMBER 2019 POSTS

Tiran Alon – 2019 ICLR Candidate The Death of Vaping? Internationally, the pressure is mounting on government regulatory bodies to strengthen their laws that deal with the regulation of vaping and e-cigarette products. This pressure is spurred by the outpour of negative health effects that have resulted in hospitalizations and even deaths. In the United […]