Increasing the cost of a potential conflict...
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Wall Street and Politics: Short-Term Gain for Long-Term Pain
The new financial order must incentivize directors, officers, and regulators to incorporate enduring consequences into day-to-day decision making.
"The instinct for self-preservation in Wall Street is [not] poorly developed. On the contrary, it is probably normal and may be above. But now, as throughout history, financial capacity and political perspicacity are inversely correlated. Long-run salvation by men of business has never been highly regarded if it means disturbance of orderly life and convenience in the present. So inaction will be advocated in the present even though it means deep trouble in the future. Here...lies the threat to capitalism. It is what causes men who know that things are going quite wrong to say that things are fundamentally sound."
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
The Taliban in Pakistan: Integration or Consolidation?
Click here to read Pakistani Taliban expand influence beyond Swat (CS Monitor).
Monday, April 6, 2009
As Rule of Law in South Africa Faces New Concerns, Zuma Puts Corruption Charges Behind Him
Irrespective of whether the decision was correct, the reasoning behind it casts a cloud of new questions over Jacob Zuma's potential presidency and the South African legal system.
Follow the link to read South African prosecuters drop Zuma graft charges (Reuters).
Follow the link to read South African prosecuters drop Zuma graft charges (Reuters).
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Arms Control: The U.S. and Russia Return to Old Reliable Common Ground
Long overdue...
Click on the link to read: U.S., Russia Say They Want to Reduce Nuclear Arms (The Moscow Times).
Click on the link to read: U.S., Russia Say They Want to Reduce Nuclear Arms (The Moscow Times).
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