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…the interesting part. The press release implies that natural gas and renewable energy can reduce American dependence on foreign oil (“end” is the word used). This is an appealing proposition, particularly with Brent oil prices now 5 times higher than natural gas prices on a BTU b...

119 -chinas-communist-party-extends-reach-into-foreign-companies/ 2018/01/28/cd49ffa6-fc57-11e7-9b5d -bbf0da31214d_story.html; Kubota, Yoko, and Tripp Mickle. “Apple CEO to Attend State-Run Internet Conference in China.” Wall Street Journal. December 2, 2017. https://www.wsj.com...

…it shrugged off the election outcome, tightening marginally in the HG space and widening very slightly in the HY space. Foreign Exchange � � The post-US election drama is unfolding as expected. Four more years with the same cast is delivering a higher USD versus most currencies b...

…that Chinese officials revived an old tactic that the Communist Party had employed before the revolution—using friendly foreigners and pro-PRC Chinese immigrants to publicize China’s story. Chinese officials called this tactic of localizing the work of foreign propaganda, the “b...

…ard landing. However, the country’s debt levels have risen rapidly, the pace of capital outflows has picked up, and net foreign Exhibit 27: Credit-to-GDP Gap Across Economies China’s gap reached the high-risk threshold in June 2012 and has continued to rise. Credit-to-GDP Gap (...

…ORE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE FUND OR OTHER ENTITIES IN WHICH THE FUND INVESTS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY MAY QUALIFY AS “PASSIVE FOREIGN INVESTMENT COMPANIES” OR “CONTROLLED FOREIGN CORPORATIONS” FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, WHICH COULD RESULT IN ADVERSE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO INVES...

…itical independence; the disbanding and disarming of all Lebanese and non- Lebanese militias; and the withdrawal of all foreign troops. After Israel’s full withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000, the only remaining foreign troops were Syrian. Immediately after the resolution was adopted...

81 From 1980, Beijing added to its stable of foreign-facing propaganda publications—such as Beijing Review, China Reconstructs, and China Pictorial—by starting or reopening more than twenty periodicals, including the English-language China Daily, the overseas edition of the Peop...

…IA and FBI as members of its board or advisors.* State and Local Politics Many states do not have prohibitions against foreign contributions in local races.*? One of the most notable examples of an individual contributor comes from Virginia, where in 2013 and 2014, Wang Wenlian...

…its elite members in particular. The mission of engaging and influencing nonethnic Chinese audiences, individuals, and foreign institutions is assigned to other specialized Chinese entities—such as the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of...

…Burnett action. In reviewing this declara- tion, the Court gives “great weight to any extrinsic submissions made by the foreign defendant[ ] regarding the scope of [his] official responsibilities.” Leutwyler, 184 F.Supp.2d at 287 (internal quotation marks omitted). Prince Turki e...

…ion to dismiss the Federal Insurance complaint. I. Subject Matter Jurisdiction Under the FSIA [2-4] Under the FSIA, a foreign state and its instrumentalities are presumed im- mune from United States courts’ jurisdic- tion. Saudi Arabia v. Nelson, 507 US. 349, 355, 1138 S.Ct. 14...

… a missile testing range. In 1980, President Ronald Reagan, gave the NSA a clear mandate to expand its interception of foreign communications. In Executive Order 12333, he told the NSA to use “all means, consistent with applicable Federal law and (this Executive) order, and with...

…Brand.” Current. Fall 2017. http:// www.columbia-current.org/exploiting-a-reputation.html. 16 AAUP. “Partnerships with Foreign Governments: The Case of Confucius Institutes.” June 2014. https:// www.aaup.org/file/Confucius_Institutes_0.pdf. 17 “National Association of Scholars....

…relied heavily on information supplied by two Russian government sources: Source A, whom Steele calls "a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure"; and Source B, "a former top-level intelligence officer still active in the Kremlin." Sources A and B provided information supposedly e...