DSTRI, Kazakhstan was the most restrictive country, outranking China, while Canada and Costa Rica were the least restrictive. The United States was in third place for least restrictive, tied with Australia, Estonia, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. U.S. barriers included ...
amounted to $2.74 trillion, with $420 billion leaving China illicitly in 2010 alone.47The international non-governmental organization Transparency International ranks China 80thon its Corruption Perceptions Index, with the top ranking countries being the least corrupt. China ranks just below Sri Lanka a...
As this funding is not included in the formal congressional justifications for the targeted accounts, and would require the enactment of separate legislation to alter the discretionary budget caps to provide the requested resources, funding proposed through the Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative...
According to press accounts, a FERC power flow analysis in 2013 identified 30 such critical HV transformer substations across the continental United States; disabling as few as nine of these substations during a time of peak electricity demand reportedly could cause a "coast-to-coast blackout."22...