23 November 2015
Crippling ISIS with Economics
As successful as ISIS has become, it depends on many unsustainable revenue streams, including stolen infrastructure and continued conquest.
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23 November 2015
Pakistan and India’s Need for Water, Cooperation
Pakistan is one of the world’s most water stressed countries. Without some level of cooperation, the water situation plaguing India and Pakistan could very well lead to a localized conflict.
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23 November 2015
US Trade Strategy: Protecting Our Secrets from Espionage
The Economic Espionage Act (EEA), crafted with the intention of protecting the economic interests of the US, was implemented in 1996—but the modern international economy and new threats to US trade secrets have begun to render its initial provisions obsolete. Updating this legislation is essential to preventing US strategic trade interests from being undermined.
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23 November 2015
Love Triangle: The Commodity Bust and the Race for Latin America
With the increasing possibility of hostile Latin American neighbors—or at the very least, Chinese sympathizers—the US should take advantage of China’s current slowdown in trade and take steps to ensure its primary spot in Latin America.
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23 November 2015
“The Threat From Economics and Natural Resources”
Every year the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) presents a threat assessment to the Senate Armed Services Committee. This report was published February 26, 2015, using information current as of February 13, 2015. The DNI report listed economics and natural resources among key and ongoing threats to the United States. The following is an excerpt from that report.