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Assumed Rationality
by Bree Megivern
Assumed Rationality is a weekly recap of emerging conflicts, developing situations, and major geopolitical events. Each episode will be short enough to fit into your coffee break and will end with a fun fact.
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Why is it so hard to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay?
This episodes discusses torture, please listen with care.SourcesAlice Cuddy, “US Moves 11 Guantanamo Bay Detainees to Oman,” BBC, January 8, 2024.S O’Mara, “Captive Brain: Torture and the Neuroscience of Humane Interrogation | QJM: An International Journal of Medicine | Oxford Academic,” QJM: An International Journal of Medicine 111, no. 2 (January 3, 2018): 73–78.Jennifer K. Elsea, “Naval Station Guantanamo Bay: History and Legal Issues Regarding Its Lease Agreements” (Congressional Research Service, August 1, 2022), Carol Rosenberg, “Guantánamo Bay Explained: The Costs, the Captives and Why It’s Still Open,” The New York Times, January 9, 2025, sec. U.S.Carol Rosenberg, “U.S. Sends 11 Guantánamo Prisoners to Oman to Start New Lives,” The New York Times, January 6, 2025, sec. U.S.Ellen Knickmeyer, “US Transfers 11 Guantanamo Detainees to Oman After More than 2 Decades Without Charge,” Military.com, January 7, 2025.Sacha Pfeiffer, “U.S. Transfers 11 Yemeni Prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman,” NPR, January 6, 2025, sec. National Security.The New York Times, “The Guantánamo Docket,” The New York Times, May 18, 2021, sec. U.S.,.“Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp,” American Civil Liberties Union, accessed January 9, 2025, “Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfer Announced,” U.S. Department of Defense, January 6, 2025. “Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility: An Overview,” Center for Victims of Torture, January 7, 2025.Music by:"Music for Manatees" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Super Power Cool Dude" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Assumed Rationality is a weekly recap of emerging conflicts, developing situations, and major geopolitical events. Each episode will be short enough to fit into your coffee break and will end with a fun fact.
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Bree Megivern
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