International Law Update: Veterans, Russian Plane Crash, GITMO

International Law Update: Veterans, Russian Plane Crash, GITMOTop of Mind with Julie Rose • Season 1, Episode 177, Segment 1

Nov 11, 2015 • 31m

Guest: Eric Jensen, JD, LLM, BYU International Law Health and other benefits for veterans, the downed Russian plane in Egypt and an imminent proposal from President Obama to fulfill a campaign promise before his second term ends are all discussed in our monthly International Law update.

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Integration of ImmigrantsNov 11, 201520mGuest: Irene Bloemraad, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Member of the U.S National Academics of Sciences This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965. Much of what we discuss today regarding immigration stems from that act 50 years ago – the rise in immigrants from Asia and Africa; the challenge of preventing people from crossing the US/Mexico border illegally. One point often obscured in the heated debate is this: a quarter of people living in the United States are the children or grandchildren of immigrants. How well have these immigrants integrated into American society? That’s the question more than a dozen of the nation’s top scholars convened to study last year.

Guest: Irene Bloemraad, PhD, Professor of Sociology and Member of the U.S National Academics of Sciences This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965. Much of what we discuss today regarding immigration stems from that act 50 years ago – the rise in immigrants from Asia and Africa; the challenge of preventing people from crossing the US/Mexico border illegally. One point often obscured in the heated debate is this: a quarter of people living in the United States are the children or grandchildren of immigrants. How well have these immigrants integrated into American society? That’s the question more than a dozen of the nation’s top scholars convened to study last year.

Modern IndiaNov 11, 201528mGuest: Edward Luce, Financial Times Correspondent India is on the path toward world power. What kind of power will it be? With 1.2 billion people, it’s the world’s largest democracy. It’s inarguably the world’s most dangerous neighborhood. And it’s a nuclear power. As India continues to rise, will it be a massive headache or a major ally to the United States?

Guest: Edward Luce, Financial Times Correspondent India is on the path toward world power. What kind of power will it be? With 1.2 billion people, it’s the world’s largest democracy. It’s inarguably the world’s most dangerous neighborhood. And it’s a nuclear power. As India continues to rise, will it be a massive headache or a major ally to the United States?

Perfect PrincessesNov 11, 201524mGuest: Shannon Hale, New York Times Best-selling Author In the beginning of Shannon Hales’ young adult fiction book “Goose Girl,” the crown princess Ani’s attitude toward her royal duties is described this way: “\[She] wanted so badly to do it right, to be regal and clever and powerful. But too often her only truly happy moments were the bursts of freedom, stolen afternoons on her horse’s back, brief, breathtaking rides past the stables to where the gardens turned wild, her lungs stinging with the cold, her muscles trembling with the hard ride.” In this book, and throughout her fiction, Hale plays with the concept of being a princess and whether or not the fairy tale is all it’s cracked up to be.

Guest: Shannon Hale, New York Times Best-selling Author In the beginning of Shannon Hales’ young adult fiction book “Goose Girl,” the crown princess Ani’s attitude toward her royal duties is described this way: “\[She] wanted so badly to do it right, to be regal and clever and powerful. But too often her only truly happy moments were the bursts of freedom, stolen afternoons on her horse’s back, brief, breathtaking rides past the stables to where the gardens turned wild, her lungs stinging with the cold, her muscles trembling with the hard ride.” In this book, and throughout her fiction, Hale plays with the concept of being a princess and whether or not the fairy tale is all it’s cracked up to be.