How Iran Lost the Competition For New Transit Corridors
…ban three major Iranian airlines from flying to European countries. As a result, airline ticket prices in Iran have increased by a third. The price increase, along with Iran’s dilapidated…
Biennial UN-G20+ Summit
…among others) organizations, the Impact Coalitions bring together a wealth of technical expertise and political networks for advancing, in particular, big ticket reform initiatives for which the Summit of the…
Obama-Xi Summit: Four Reasons Africa Deserves Attention at the Talks
…their meetings are expected to be unprecedented, hopefully leading to a strengthened personal relationship between the two with improved coordination and cooperation. The big ticket items on the agenda are known, including…
Michael Krepon’s Op-ed in Arms Control Wonk on Central Organizing Principle
…in the United States and Russia is built around Gates of Hell nuclear war-fighting capabilities. The result is excessive numbers of targets and warheads, big-ticket items, and their costly replacements….
Curtis Yarvin (Part 2): The Empire of Love
…really doing anything there. They’re not actually defending us against the Nazi plagues, right? So, yeah, like, America’s a hard power empire is mostly just a, kind of, money spending…
Leonard Benardo: Reexamining the “Open Society”
…around 600. We’ve closed a lot of offices, yet we’re spending the same amount of money. The budget remains constant. So, it’s a recognition that we can continue to operate…
The Emerging Great Game
…and it all depends on the Prime Minister whose goal is to stay in power…the Prime Minister prefers big ticket items that can be completed before elections and look good…
A Cross-Strait Status Quo Ante
…itself on the pro-/anti-China spectrum, the TPP may draw the legislative agenda closer to less-traditional, non-cross-strait policy issues. Additionally, the election’s split-ticket voting may force the DPP to reorient its…