Security in Kurdistan
May 18, 2007
I made several references over the past week to the Peshmerga, the Kurdish military that helped provide security during our trip to Kurdistan. The competence of this group is one of the
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Coffee for the Troops
May 17, 2007
The press of travel (from Kurdistan to Vienna to Beijing to New York) and business has, for the moment, delayed my putting together a more thoughtful reflection and analysis of my time
Lessons from the Edge of Globalization: 3 days in Iraq from the Syrian/Turkish Border to the Iranian Border
May 16, 2007
This blog is the continuation of an earlier post [3 Days in Iraq from the Syrian/Turkish Border to the Iranian Border]. I apologize for the interrupted storyline, but let me pick up
Interagency Feuding Over Iraq Reconstruction
May 15, 2007
As I noted a few days ago, Paul Brinkley and his colleagues from the Pentagon were instrumental in setting up my trip to Kurdistan — for which I am most grateful. In
3 days in Iraq from the Syrian/Turkish border to the Iranian border
May 14, 2007
As part of our economic development trip to Iraq where we are beginning to lay the ground work and templates for Development-in-a-Box™, our team for the last 3 days has driven the
Resilience in Kurdistan
May 11, 2007
In Wednesday’s post, I wrote that Kurdistan’s relative peace has permitted it to achieve a level of prosperity and economic growth that is the envy of the rest of Iraq. That peace
Where is My Replicator?
May 10, 2007
Science fiction has often been a catalyst for ideas. One of the futuristic gadgets carried aboard the various incarnations of the Starship Enterprise was its famous replicator. Fiction is quickly becoming fact
An Overview of Kurdistan
May 9, 2007
I’m currently visiting Iraq — more specifically, the Kurdish portion of Iraq often referred to as Kurdistan. Kurdistan literally means land of the Kurds and traditionally covers a large area contained within
On Becoming a Tiger
May 8, 2007
The tiger has become the international symbol for countries with healthy (even spectacular) rates of economic growth. This is probably because the imagery was first applied to Asian countries in Asia. New
Supreme Court Adds New Tests for Patents
May 7, 2007
In what many analysts consider its most important patent ruling in decades, the Supreme Court established new tests for issuing patents that combine elements of previously issued patents [“High Court Puts Limits
