The Importance of Human Security
September 29, 2008
Nigeria is one of Africa’s oil-rich nations with an estimated 35 billion barrels of oil reserves. It is also the poster child for the “curse of oil” [see my post More on
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Breaching North Korea’s Walls using Economic Development
September 2, 2008
North Korea looks to be once again a country in trouble that cannot even feed its own people [see “U.N. says North Korea needs $503 million in food aid,” by Ben Blanchard,
Money’s Place in the Peace Arsenal
August 27, 2008
Anyone with a little common sense understands that it takes kinetic weapons to win wars and non-kinetic options to secure the peace. The conundrum in Iraq has been that military personnel are
The Russian/Georgia Conflict and Globalization
August 18, 2008
As I noted in my last post [Influencing Russia], there is a risk (however remote) that the international economy could splinter into trading blocs which could cause this latest wave of globalization
Influencing Russia
August 15, 2008
I haven’t written anything about the conflict between Russia and Georgia because this blog is not a political or security blog, although I occasionally touch on those subjects. There are others better
The Fear of Nuclear Proliferation
August 8, 2008
One widely broadcast political advertisement being used by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asserts that nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists is the most serious security threat facing the United
Militarization of U.S. Aid to Africa Raises Concerns
July 28, 2008
There is little debate about the fact that most African states will need help developing their economies for some time to come. African aid (or lack thereof) was a major topic of
Hindsight is Good — Foresight is Better
July 23, 2008
It is no secret that the U.S. military and its political masters had little clue what to do in Iraq once it brought down Saddam Hussein’s regime. There have been numerous books,
Dealing with Failed States
July 22, 2008
Regular readers of this blog are familiar with the Enterra Solutions® Development-in-a-Box™ approach for helping emerging market countries achieve sustainable development. It will come as no surprise, then, that a book review
Kristof Pleads for Books, not Bombs
July 9, 2008
New York Times‘ columnist Nicholas Kristof spends a lot of his time traveling to locations never seen by most globe-trotting tourists. Such ventures, however, provide him with a world view that can
