Every 5 years, the CIAs thinktank, the National Intelligence Council, releases a report looking out 15 years in the future. They have just released their report out to 2020 and it’s a long, interesting read. As I go through the report I’ll post some bits and pieces and reaction. Until then, feel free to grab …
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The Bush Doctrine: Softening Unilateralism
I’ve had some back and forth with the blog Bunker Mulligan about the Bush Doctrine, that is, the more Unilaterist (sp?) position taken by the current US administration versus the Multilateral, UN based actions that were the norm since WWII. There is no doubt that this doctrine, which was, as Bunker Mulligan pointed out, actually …
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Iraqi PM says not all of Iraq will have elections
Well, it’s official. Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said today (BBC) that “some pockets” of Iraq will not participate in the elections on January 30th. Presumably it would be because of the security situation. He said the pockets “are not large”… but until we learn exactly who will and will not be voting we can’t …
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