This, however, is not a straightforward exercise in practice because different data sources sometimes give wildly conflicting figures. For example, the 2013 nominal GDP of Venezuela was $US 227.2 billion according to the IMF and $US 438.3 billion according to the World Bank, and according to ...
“They have sort of a ticking clock for how long they can sustain the strategy,” said the senior official, granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue. “And so our goal is to try to make that more difficult and accelerate the pace at which they are moving into a place where this ...
The US alone has more than two dozen sets of sanctions regimes targeted at Iran, Russia, North Korea, Venezuela, Syria, and other countries and groups such as Hezbollah. Other countries also impose sanctions, such as the UK, Canada, Australia, and Japan. The purpose of sanctions is to try...
Domestically, there is a need to reverse the popular populism trend that has spread globally. Climate change itself has been politicized. Finance has been politicized. US politics today has become polarized, particularly when the two parties’ extreme factions are pushing policies on both ends of ...
British Field Artillery Lieutenant John Wedderburn-Maxwell described the event as “probably the most extraordinary event of the whole war – a soldier’s truce without any higher sanction by officers and generals….” The truth is, there was no good reason for the Great War. The worl...
This typology is then used, along with other factors such as the spatial location of riparians on the river, to explore the question of why some riparians on international rivers have been able to successfully negotiate treaties and others have not. The findings lend support to both economic ...
This typology is then used, along with other factors such as the spatial location of riparians on the river, to explore the question of why some riparians on international rivers have been able to successfully negotiate treaties and others have not. The findings lend support to both economic ...