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…s a guest of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit. The picture of the two presidents embracing says to the world: Egypt is HOUSE OVERSIGHT 028734 released from the US straitjacket and is free to resume its position as a regional power. There are plenty of reasons, ho...

…estments. As part of this effort, I made a pilgrimage to Manitoba to spend a day with Vaclav Smil. Vaclav is one of the world’s foremost experts on energy, and has written over 30 books and 300 papers on the subject (he’s #49 on Foreign Policy’s list of the 100 most influential t...

… to become India's next leader, the former tea-stall HOUSE OVERSIGHT 031578 worker asked this question on behalf of the world's second most-populous nation: "It is often said that India does not dream big and that is the root cause of all our problems. Why can't we dream like Chi...

…rns through Nov 8 %, equities are in lighter color. EMBIG EM $ Corp. US High Yield MSCI Europe* S&P500 MSCI EM* MSCI AC World* US High Grade Europe Fixed Inc* Gold EM Local Bonds** EM FX US Fixed Income Global Gov Bonds** Topix* US cash GSCI TR -5 0 5 10 15 20 Source: J.P. Morgan...

…accent, he's careful in his presentation. At any given moment, he's one parent-teacher conference away from a whole new world of possibilities. Because Dalton has an excellent student-to-teacher ratio, the parents get to know Epstein quite well. Before long, a Wall Street macher...

…gy Program at George Washington University. Post is a CIA veteran who has written psychological profiles of a number of world leaders. What is it about leaders like Qadhafi that makes them unable to see or accept their own impending downfall? Leaders like this? I'm not sure the...

… person who spoke words others wrote, a racist, a bigot, a divorcée, a war monger and the man who would start the Third World War. My favorite slur came from none other than the Democratic Party’s “éminence grise” Clark Clifford, 3 who referred to Ronald Reagan as an “amiable dun...

…ing our Food & Beverage short, which has dropped sharply. Overshoot in rates, USD and trade key risks – add CNH put The world would look very different if the US 10Y blew through 3% and the USD went on a tear, so we stay long USD and short rates. We add a CNH put vs USD as a hedg...

…T To: Dear Ian — You are invited to join us at Dialog 2014 -- a two-day bipartisan retreat discussing how to change the world. You were nominated for Dialog by Chamath Palihapitiya. There will be no speeches ... just many moderated break-out discussions of 6-15 people on various...

…uad, Dear Lisa — You are invited to join us at Dialog 2014 -- a two-day bipartisan retreat discussing how to change the world. There will be no speeches ... just many moderated break-out discussions of 6-15 people on various topics. And we design the agenda around your ideas and...

…lower-ranked officials, and the general public; and strengthening centralism through Xi’s core leadership. In acomplex world, given the diverse interests and forces in Chinese society, the Party asserts that the Chinese Dream can- not be realized without unity. Strong leader- sh...

… and her National League for Democracy (NLD), a remarkable turnaround in a country that until recently ranked among the world’s most repressive. Voters in Sri Lanka ousted their increasingly author- itarian and divisive president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, in favor of Maithripala Siri...

…d that the relationship was weakened (or could turn negative) when she increased the length of the growth spells. And a World Bank study later found that the positive effect on growth was almost exclusively reserved for the top end of the income distribution (56). Income inequa...

162 9 General Intelligence in the Everyday Human World 9.2 Some Broad Properties of the Everyday World That Help Structure Intelligence The properties of the everyday world that help structure intelligence are diverse and span multiple levels of abstraction. Most of this chapte...

… show Closer to China with R.L. Kuhn on the China Global Televi- sion Network, he presents China’s complex story to the world through candid, intimate discussions with the country’s decision-makers. In a hotel suite in Wangfujing, downtown Beijing, one busy lunch- time last week...