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Pakistan: Iran’s Plan to Develop Gas Pipeline and Refinery Unlikely to Amount to Anything

Energy shortages are fast becoming the norm in most nations and nowhere is this truer than in Pakistan where energy demand far outpaces resources and supplies. These shortages hurt multiple … Continue reading

March 18, 2013 · Leave a comment

Industry: The Consistent Strength of the Defense Market Continues to Provide Opportunities

The basic assumption behind multinationals corporations (MNCs) is that a weakness in one geographic region – setting aside the vicissitudes of market sectors – can be compensated by a corresponding … Continue reading

March 10, 2013 · Leave a comment

Afghanistan: Lack of Institutions Portends a Dangerous Future

The Washington Post recently wrote about security conditions in the Wardak province and how residents of small rural town in that province, Syedabad, feel they are stuck between a rock … Continue reading

December 9, 2012 · Leave a comment