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…Grail proposition was that Trump and the Russians—perhaps even Putin himself—had gotten together to hack the Democratic National Committee. Theory 4: But then there was the those-that-know-him-best theory, some version of which most Trumpers would come to embrace. He was just st...

…U.S. action there. Indeed, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said as much this weekend, noting that Libya was not a "vital national interest." But if Washington is looking for an Arab state in the throes of unrest, one that is key to its regional and national interests, planners mig...

…Giuliani a longtime New York friend, but when few Republicans were offering Trump their support, and almost none with a national reputation, Giuliani was there for him—and in combative, fiery, and relentless fashion. This was particularly true during the hard days following Billy...

… F., & Johansson-Stenman, O. (2008). Anonymity, reciprocity, and conformity: Evidence from voluntary contributions to a national park in Costa Rica. Journal of Public Economics, 92(5), 1047-1060. Andreoni, J., & Petrie, R. (2004). Public goods experiments without confidentiality...

Article 1. The National Interest Which Road Will Egypt Take? Kathryn Alexeeff May 19, 2014 -- With Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s official resignation from the military and bid for the presidency, the future of Egypt looks murky at best. While his victory is highly likely, the questi...

…“There are many things we do in intelligence that, if revealed, would have the potential for all kinds of blowback,” -- National Intelligence” — James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence In the Game of Nations, which is played at a level that often is not visible to publi...

… of the US-Asia Institute, those organizing and facilitating staff delegations grew to include the Aspen Institute, the National Committee on US-China Relations, and the US-China Policy Foundation.” China also increased its own capacity to engage Congress beyond trips. Having mo...

160 National Intelligence justified the secret intelligence budget by saying in an open session of Congress, “We are bolstering our support for clandestine SIGINT [signal intelligence] capabilities to collect against high priority targets, including foreign leadership targets,”...

…y intended to prevent slaves from voting and evolved to gerrymandering), even though Bush’s opponent, Al Gore, won the national popular vote. Hillary Clinton was elected senator that year, and she announced that the first thing she would do was to get rid of the electoral colle...

On Monday morning, Kellyanne Conway appeared on MSNBC and offered a firm defense of the National Security Advisor. “Yes,” she said, “General Flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president.” And while this seemed to many an indication that Conway was out of the loop, it was...

…ce and desperate to find a way out, Trump suddenly threw out a line about Colin Kaepernick taking to his knee while the national anthem played at a National Football League game. The line got a standing ovation. The president thereupon promptly abandoned Luther Strange for the re...

…th Lord Howell when UBS acted as advisor to the State Power Corporation of China on the restructuring of that country’s national power industry. Competitive power pools have since sprung up all over the world, and regulators have pulled apart previously fully-integrated utilitie...

…care, Medicaid and Net Interest Expense. ¢ This raises the question, ‘How will America pay for the likes of education, national defense, homeland security, infrastructure improvement, R&D, law enforcement, postal service, etc.?’ ¢ USA Inc.’s fundamental tradeoff is that it must...

…se, a new Syrian government might “ignore Russia’s interests in the Middle East.” Since the vetoes, however, the Syrian National Council has established contact with Russia and China to offer assurances that a democratic Syria would pursue “cooperation with all nations.” SNC sou...

…4 28 32 36 40 Quarters After Recession Trough Data as of December 2016. Source: Investment Strategy Group, Bloomberg, National Bureau of Economic Research. In our 2016 Outlook and our 2016 Insight report, Walled In: China’s Great Dilemma, we stated that China was unlikely to h...