Undoubtedly, massive fiscal deficits will prompt a steady rise in public debt. According to data released by the Treasury Department on November 1, the US national debt surpassed $23 trillion for the first time in history. The figure is equivalent to about 110 percent of the country’s GDP. ...
The United States is the world's largest oil consumer and importer. Here Gawdat Bahgat examines the nation's growing dependence on fossil fuels--particularly oil--and the main challenges it faces in securing supplies from two energy-rich regions, the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea. He argues...
Computed tomographic angiography showed a mass in the left side of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) divergence, 6 x 4 cm in size, supplied mainly by the left adrenal artery. We performed hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) using a Cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator. Abdominal ...
The carrot and the leash: Eisenhower, Syngman Rhee, and the dual containment of Korea (Dwight D. Eisenhower). This dissertation analyzes the maneuvers for control and influence between the Americans and the South Koreans for military stability, political attention,... JW Kim - Yale University. ...
“IGADEOM is composed of seven core staff and 24 short-term observers. The short-term observers include representatives of electoral bodies and other public institutions as well as diplomats drawn from six Igad member states of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Uganda.” ...
There are a variety of words used today to describe the transfer of financial and other resources from one country to another, or even from a non﹕tate donor to a recipient country, including "foreign aid," "official development assistance," "humanitarian aid," "development cooperation," and ...
Developing a Contextually Relevant Concept of Regional Hegemony: The Case of South Africa, Zimbabwe and "Quiet Diplomacy" South Africa s quiet diplomacy has been often used to reject the notion of South African leadership or regional hegemony in southern Africa. This article f... M Prys - 《So...
Proto intelligence service: Byzantium created the first intelligence service. To ensure secure communication, they further enhanced the Caesar cipherEarly multistakeholder diplomacy : Byzantium used the services of citizens who traveled abroad. All of them served as Byzantine diplomats. In this way, ...
Third, the Western states managed to enhance their leverage by compounding within the group or borrowing from outside although the extent of such enhancement was limited. Lastly, the Group's record on the carrot-and-stick strategy towards South Africa was also mixed, with a great impact on ...
The threat of renewed civil war looms ahead. 新一轮内战的威胁在逼近。 occasionally adv. 偶尔;间或 例句: We occasionally meet for a drink after work. 我们下班后偶尔相聚小酌。 non-military 非军事;文职 例句: The 38th parallel between North Korea and South Korea is a non-military zone. 朝鲜...