El acuerdo que debe ser aprobado por el Congreso el miércoles, evitaría una catastrófica cesación de pagos de Estados Unidos.

Grupos de derechos civiles emitieron una recomendación contundente a los turistas, instándoles a evitar viajar a Florida debido a las políticas y leyes que, según ellos, son abiertamente hostiles hacia las comunidades afroamericanas, personas de color y LGBTQ+.

Toutes ces juridictions ont fait et continuent de faire l’objet de nombreuses analyses juridiques, anthropologiques ou sociologiques. Ces dernières ont pour la plupart été menées soit via des observations soit via des entretiens auprès des victimes et des professionnels.

Should Gershkovich be convicted of espionage, the punishment prescribed by the criminal code is deprivation of freedom for a term of from 10 to 20 years. Russian criminal law refers to “deprivation of freedom” because while it may be served in a prison if the individual is dangerous to others, for most it takes the form of detention in some kind of camp where the prisoners share accommodation.

It is hard to know if U.S. efforts at democracy promotion accelerated or delayed political change in the Middle East. It is hard to know if a different approach might have yielded better results. Yet, the data – at least as social scientists measure such things – strongly suggests that the vision of an Iraq as an inspiration for a democratic transformation of the Middle East has not come to pass.

Lessons for the future are obvious. Open disclosure of sequence data is the best way to undertake scientific investigation, especially for something of such international significance.