Advanced search Help
Searching for terms: EXACT: "Rovner, Joshua, 1976-" in: author
Clear all search criteria
Only 2/3! You are seeing results from the Public Collection, not the complete Full Collection. Sign in to search everything (see eligibility).
-
Preparing for a Nuclear Iran: The Role of the CIA
"The Central Intelligence Agency has been burned badly in recent years. It was criticized, however unfairly, for failing to prevent the September 11 attacks. It suffered again for exaggerating Saddam Husseins WMD capabilities before the invasion of Iraq. Both events greatly undermined the CIAs credibility and led to a massive reorganization of the intelligence community. Now the agency faces another critical issue over nuclear proliferation, as Iran progresses towards the ability to create weapons-grade material. How should it approach the Iranian problem? After losing so much prestige with policymakers, how can it possibly influence U.S. policy towards Iran?...The Iraqi experience should serve as a cautionary tale for intelligence and policy officials alike. As a result of sloppy analysis and political pressure, the CIA made a number of serious blunders in its analysis of Iraqi WMD. The CIA director has since lost his position as principal advisor to the president, replaced by the new Director of National Intelligence. For their part, policymakers who justified regime change on the basis of weapons of mass destruction are now left to fight an increasingly lethal insurgency in a place where no such weapons existed. Public faith in the CIA and the White House has fallen precipitously, and allies look upon the United States with understandable wariness. This article looks at how the intelligence and policy communities can avoid the same fate in Iran."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Contemporary Conflict
Rovner, Joshua, 1976-
2005-11
-
Youth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration
From the Executive Summary: "According to data collected by The Sentencing Project, COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] cases have been reported among incarcerated youth in 35 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In five states, more than 100 incarcerated youth have tested positive. Four staff members working in juvenile facilities have died from the virus. [...] This report summarizes lessons learned through the first months of the pandemic, focusing on system responses, both positive and negative, to slow the virus's spread and to protect the safety and wellbeing of youth in the juvenile justice system while keeping the public informed. Drops in admissions during the pandemic, alongside decisions to release youth at a higher rate than during ordinary times, buttress the long-standing case that youth incarceration is largely unnecessary. Jurisdictions must limit the virus's damage by further reducing the number of incarcerated youth."
Sentencing Project (U.S.)
Rovner, Joshua, 1976-
2020-09
1
