One of my colleagues at Patterson threw this together for a presentation to his Economic Statecraft class: GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2005 international $) 1990 2008 Percent change, 1990-2008 Avg. Annual Pct. Chg, 1991-2008 Armenia 2,936 5,611 91.1% 3.7% Azerbaijan 4,754 8,102 70.4% 3.0%...
Author: Robert Farley
South Korea is putting the onus on Moscow and Beijing to push forward with diplomatic action against North Korea: South Korea will report the results of an ongoing investigation into.
Closer to an official statement on the sinking of Cheonan: A North Korean torpedo attack was the most likely cause for the sinking of a South Korean warship last month,.
On Friday I appeared briefly on the Alyona Show to discuss Prompt Global Strike:
The first two Philip Roth books I read were Portnoy's Complaint and Sabbath's Theater. These make for a rather abrupt introduction, but Roth quickly became my favorite from the post-war.
It's kind of hard to tell, but I think that Reliapundit is arguing that an alien invasion will (massacres and general butchery aside) usher in a New Golden Age for.
See Geoff Forden on the typical damage profile of a modern torpedo, and how that relates to Cheonan.
Grover floats an idea: Now assuming that the incident was the product of centralized decision making rather than an unintended one ordered lower down the food chain (something I discussed.
Noah Shachtman notices what I noticed two weeks ago: The Obama administration is poised to take up one of the more dangerous and hare-brained schemes of the Rumsfeld-era Pentagon. The New York Times is reporting that the Defense Department is once again looking to equip...
I just can't respect anyone who could be entertained by watching the NFL Draft. Announcer:"We now return you to exciting 15th round action at the Canadian Football League Draft." Analyst:.
Strangely, when we hear claims that the Obama administration coddles enemies and scorns friends they never refer to concerns like this: Fresh from signing a strategic nuclear arms deal with.