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Tomasz P. Malinowski: “I tend to resist the notion that our interest in promoting human rights, and our interest in protecting our security…”

On the recordJuly 15, 2015
I tend to resist the notion that our interest in promoting human rights, and our interest in protecting our security, our prosperity, is--that those interests are fundamentally at odds.
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Tomasz P. Malinowski
New Jersey

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Malinowski emphasizes the importance of balancing human rights with security interests.

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