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Entries Tagged as 'Essay'

The Global Positioning System and Foreign Policy

April 25th, 2008 by John Eastman

The Global Positioning System is a U.S. space-based global navigation satellite system that provides, amongst other benefits, dead certain positioning, time and speed information, and navigation services to users. The GPS consists of three parts: earth-orbiting satellites, control and monitoring devices located on the ground, and GPS receivers held by users. These components communicate via […]

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The Focus of Discussion Regarding Sovereign Wealth Funds

February 4th, 2008 by John Eastman

Several months ago, mentions by the media of the term Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) were few and far between. SWF commonly was thought of as an acronym for Single White Female, but a new common reference to SWF may be on the horizon. Currently, SWFs with estimated values of two to three trillion U.S. dollars […]

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I Don’t Want To Talk To You Either … At Least Not Right Now

January 8th, 2008 by John Eastman

A widely published Reuters news service article entitled “Iran Leader Suggests U.S. Ties Possible in Future” indicated that Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei stated that restoring ties with the United States now would harm the Islamic state, but that he would not rule it out in the future (Reuters, January 3, 2008). Further high points […]

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To NIE, or not to NIE

December 24th, 2007 by Ben Bowser

Following the exhaustive back-and-forth Weapons of Mass Destruction debate that culminated in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the National Intelligence Council’s November 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) should come as no surprise— except to those who read the last NIE. Conflicting with the statements of the 2005 report, the most recent estimate assessed that Iran […]

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