January 2014

Obama’s Invisible Foreign Policy

January 31, 2014 // Today - Azerbaijan

US, Turkey Realize al-Qaida Threat in Syria

January 31, 2014 // Hurriyetim - Turkey

A New Era at the Fed

January 31, 2014 // El Pais - Spain - Spanish

The resignation of Ben Bernanke from the Federal Reserve of the United States (better known as “the Fed”) begins a phase of that institution very different from the one in place since the financial crisis began in the summer of 2007. The main feature that differentiates the period beginning under Chair Janet Yellen [Read more]

Looking at Surveillance

January 31, 2014 // Folha de Sao Paulo - Brazil - Portuguese

In his speech about the activities of the National Security Agency on Friday, President Barack Obama did what he could to maintain a line of balance between demands for more control over the actions of surveillance and the realistic admission that surveillance is an activity in which all countries engage, not just the [Read more]

The Dirty Business ofPrivate Prisons in the US

January 31, 2014 // El País - Spain - Spanish

In their public reports, the companies admit that a growing prison population has a positive impact on their results, and that any relaxation of immigrant detention procedures or sentencing law could pose a threat to their business.

2013 Account Balance: $14 Billion of Chinese Investments in the US

January 31, 2014 // Le Figaro - France - French

According to a study conducted by Rhodium Group, a group of New York analysts, Chinese investments in the United States doubled in 2013. These investments were concentrated in the energy and food sectors. This analysis, published on Jan. 7, reveals that, after a drop of 36 percent in 2012, China's investments in the [Read more]

The Answer Will Not Do

January 31, 2014 // Dagens Nyheter - Sweden - Swedish

It seems to have been difficult for President Barack Obama to relate to Edward Snowden. The National Security Agency whistleblower has become the-man-who-is-not-to-be-mentioned-by-name in the White House. But in last Friday’s speech on surveillance intelligence, the security agency and the NSA’s methods, the [Read more]

Barbie Taught You that as a Woman You Could Do Anything

January 31, 2014 // De Volkskrant - The Netherlands - Dutch

Barbie never had children, we never see her in domestic drudgery and she isn't some exploited peasant or a prostitute or the victim of sexual violence. Barbie would never let anything like that happen to her.

Republicans Will Present ‘an Alternative to Obamacare’

January 31, 2014 // The Voice of Russia - Russia

If Republicans really want to help the average American they could try to dismantle the cartels operating in the healthcare industry and stimulate the prosecution of companies that force American consumers to pay exuberant prices for medicines and medical procedures.

Virginia Senate Adopts ‘East Sea’ Label, Declares ‘We Stand with Koreans’

January 31, 2014 // Sankei News - Japan - Japanese

At its regular session on [Jan.] 23, the Virginia Senate voted 32-4 in favor of a bill to alter the state's public school textbooks. What was previously known as the “Sea of Japan” will now also be called the “East Sea,” a label advocated by the Korean government. Such a course of events gives the impression [Read more]

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