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R&D: Japanese Foreign Relations with China & South Korea (2014)

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On February 18, 2014

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Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on Japanese foreign relations with China and South Korea (2014).

 

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R&D from Prepd: The “Right to Die” Movement

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On February 14, 2014

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This R&D gives resources to extempers on the “right to die” movement in the United States.  Also referred to as “death with dignity,” “aid in dying,” and “assisted suicide,” the practice is set to become the next controversial social issue with advocates pushing for more states to legalize the practice (and as a result, extempers need to be prepared to speak on it in a domestic social or constitutional issues round).  Four U.S. states have legalized the practice and a district court decision last month in New Mexico said that doctors in that state can help terminally ill patients end their lives.  Litigation is also pending in other states. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1997 in Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill that the U.S. Constitution does not give an individual the right to assisted suicide.  However, states can allow for the practice, or ban it, if they choose to do so without federal interference.

 

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R&D from Prepd: Bosnian Riots

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On February 13, 2014

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This R&D provides resources about rioting in Bosnia, which has been caused by high levels of government corruption and a 40% national unemployment rate. The violence is the worst that Bosnia has seen in two decades. The unrest has caused the sitting Bosnian government to propose snap elections.

 

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R&D: Immigration Reform (2014)

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On February 11, 2014

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Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on immigration reform (2014).

 

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R&D from Prepd: Great Britain and the European Union

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On February 7, 2014

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This R&D provides resources on Great Britain’s relationship with the European Union (EU).  Although it is a member of the EU, Great Britain does not use the euro and British conservatives are clamoring for a referendum on the country’s membership in the organization.  Anti-EU sentiment in Britain has grown in the aftermath of the euro zone crisis, EU financial regulations, and concerns about how immigration is changing the demographic makeup of the British Isles.

 

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R&D from Prepd: The Fight Against Heroin

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On February 6, 2014

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This R&D provides resources on the fight against heroin use in the United States.  Heroin use has been rising over the last several years, which some commentators argue is due to the lack of accessibility to other drugs that have attracted local, state, and federal attention like prescription drugs and methamphetamine.  A heroin overdose is what has been identified as causing the death of Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman last weekend in New York.

 

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R&D: Ukraine’s Political Crisis

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On February 4, 2014

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Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on Ukraine’s political crisis.

 

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R&D from Prepd: The State of the Union Address (2014)

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On January 31, 2014

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This R&D breaks down President Obama’s recent State of the Union Address, which was the sixth of his presidency.

 

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R&D from Prepd: Indian-Japanese Foreign Policy Cooperation

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On January 30, 2014

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This R&D provides resources on India and Japan cooperating more closely on foreign policy endeavors.  International experts view closer ties between the two nations, especially in trade and defense, as providing a barrier to China’s interests in Asia.

 

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R&D: The Gay Marriage Debate

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On January 28, 2014

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Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on the gay marriage debate.

 

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R&D from Prepd: Australian-Indonesian Relations

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On January 24, 2014

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This R&D provides resources on Australian-Indonesia relations.  As the two major powers in the Pacific, Australia and Indonesia have a complicated relationship, with both nations seeking to achieve closer ties in trade, but Australia wanting to stop a flood of refugees into the country that use Indonesia as a departure point.  Indonesia has argued that Australia’s border measures violate its territorial waters.

 

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R&D from Prepd: The Death Penalty

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On January 23, 2014

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This R&D provides articles on the death penalty.  Questions on the death penalty typically arise in constitutional issues or domestic social rounds and extempers should be prepared to weigh in on the constitutionality of the practice.  The execution of Dennis McGuire in Ohio last week received attention because of Ohio testing out a new two drug method for lethal injection.  Observers of the execution say that McGuire suffered before dying, which has galvanized death penalty opponents to pressure states to abolish the practice.  The U.S. briefly had a moratorium on the death penalty between 1972-1976 and thirty-two states currently allow the practice.

 

 

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R&D: Bangladeshi Political Violence

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On January 21, 2014

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Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on Bangladeshi political violence.

 

 

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R&D from Prepd: Chris Christie’s Political Problems

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On January 17, 2014

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This R&D provides extempers with articles analyzing New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s latest political problems.  Governor Christie has been under fire recently for a traffic jam orchestrated by some of his top aides and charges that he used federal disaster funds to promote his re-election last year.  Christie is considered to be one of the front runners for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.

 

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R&D from Prepd: Turkish Politics

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On January 16, 2014

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This R&D provides resources on Turkey’s political situation.  Currently, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is bracing from a corruption scandal and is also taking on the Gulen Movement, a social and religious Islamic movement that is said to have a growing influence in Turkish politics.

 

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