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An Examination of Women’s and LGBT Rights Reporting Under the Trump Administration In May of 2017, President Donald Trump stated, “We are not here to lecture – we are not here to tell other people how to live, what to do, who to be, or how to worship. ” How does this type of rhetoric affect the world, particularly when it is spoken by the ‘leader of the free world’? Dr

Many of the NGOs that the Ministry of Justice has deemed “foreign agents” protect women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, and environmental rights, and conduct academic and political research. In November of 2012, Putin passed another series of amendments known as the “Foreign Agent Law” requiring organizations engaging in political activities and receiving foreign funding to register with the Ministry of Justice as foreign agents, even if the foreign funding does not go toward political activities. In 2013, Russia’s then Ombudsman and Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin challenged the Foreign Agent Law in the Russian Constitutional Court, but the court upheld the law and claimed that there were no legal grounds that proved “foreign agent” had a negative connotation and therefore registration did not discredit the organization. International human rights organizations and countries that support universal human rights must pressure Russia and other countries with similar foreign agent laws to repeal them to allow “the right to the freedom of opinion and expression” protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

In today’s polarized political environment,  a politician that receives support from members of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party is a rarity as is a senior Trump administration appointee that is liked by both parties. This unorthodox move from a Tea Party Republican garnered an 84% approval rating among Tea Party supporters, according to a Winthrop University poll. The strong bipartisan support gained Haley the reputation of being a competent, honest broker able to accurately represent the interests of the United States at the U. N. An ambassador that holds the interests of each side of the political spectrum will more likely be seen to represent the overall values and interests of the country. Nikki Haley’s characteristics as a politician and presidential appointee made her an optimal U. S. Ambassador to the U.N. Her identity and experience should offer President Trump suggestions on what her replacement should be.

If the regime is authoritarian and possesses a strong military, there is an assumption that they will use their superior military power to suppress the uprisings of their own people, even if it means resorting to violence. Instead, he focused on political, economic, and social factors that he believes contribute to the likelihood of regimes committing mass killings such as recent mass killings, coup attempts in the past five years, military regime, subgroup discrimination, and population size – all of which increase the probability of mass killings. After examining these factors, Dr. Perkoski reminded the audience that research finds that nonviolent resistance are more likely to succeed, more likely to produce democratic governments, less likely to result in government repression, and less likely to drag on for extended periods of time. Ultimately, after examining uprisings from 1945 until 2013, Dr. Perkoski found four implications for policymakers and activists in minimizing the possibility of violence during popular uprisings: maintaining nonviolent discipline is key, encourage military defections, foreign states should avoid visible material support, and the structural roots of violence within the society need to be addressed.