Results for “Strategic and Policy Forum”

Before the development of tourism, travel was conceived to be like study, and its fruits were considered to be the adornment of the mind and the formation of the judgment. — PAUL FUSSELL, Abroad The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research....

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[9 that the show be banned. Radicals now have the upper hand in slowly ending Turkey’s centuries-old drinking culture. Or take the AKP’s new Kurdish policy. In an effort to expand its base among Kurds before parliamentary elections next June, the party has emphasized Islam as a...

14 to stand tall for American greatness if only to anaesthetize them against day-to-day hardship. Republican wannabes sense all this. To judge by the early stages of the 2012 campaign, they think foreign policy might matter after all. They’re trying to cast Barack Obama as a pr...

policy issue just months after winning his second term. But the visit will highlight how much the region has changed since he last visited the Middle East in his first year in office, with the rise of Islamist governments and the widening repercussions of civil revolt. After Ob...

56 41 Link, Perry. “China: The Anaconda in the Chandelier.” New York Review of Books. April 11, 2002. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2002/04/11/china-the-anaconda-in-the-chandelier. 42 See Tiffert, Glenn. “Peering Down the Memory Hole: History, Censorship and the Digital Turn....

…oks a bit disheveled, “he should not be underestimated,” the writer warns. Past business partners attribute impressive “strategic foresight” to the eccentric tactician, saying he was often “three or four steps ahead” of his opponents in business. Because of his phenomenal memory,...

… One analyst said, “I make sure that if I go into battle, I do so thoughtfully, not accidentally.” She tries to be very strategic about the messages that she sends and tries not to weigh in on every small issue or bluntly charge, “You are wrong!” In a similar vein, one other scho...

…on in search of higher yields. As the last several years have reminded us, investment grade fixed income serves a vital strategic role in the portfolio, due to its ability to hedge against deflation, reduce portfolio volatility and generate income. In the sections that follow, w...

…ny leadership election beyond the mandated 14 months.“It’s too early,” he said. He said we needed to focus on two other strategic imperatives: to reconstruct the party, and consider the issue of joining a possible “unity” government with Bibi. Though Bibi went on to form his gov...

… of work done for 2015,16. not to mention that brad at the moment is going to have train the incoming team?? your call strategic decisions re estate and other planning , sale of phaidon etc. . in addition setting up for the accounting for each strategy te.: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_0232...

…conomy. China is keenly aware that the United States has naval supremacy in the Gulf, but will be working to erode that strategic edge in the future. Faced with these realities, there is a need for new thinking and innovative conceptualizations of surges into Centcom's area of r...

…e essential cooperation required to stop our downward spiral.” The “downward spiral” has little to do with the nuclear strategic relationship between the United States and Russia, although the authors have, in both statements, called for ratification of the New START Treaty. In...

si is rare, 1s rarely coordinated and usually is not designed to be a mortal blow. It is defeated by Israel's strategic advantage of interior lines. Israeli Geography and the Convergence Zone Therefore, it is not surprising that Israel's first incarnation lasted as long as it...

…rs in the cannabis industry today are retail or individual investors. While an increas- ing number of family office and strategic investors are now participating in the cannabis industry, we believe that many institutional investors (most notably the traditional venture capital a...