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World Bank’s Doing Business index is widely followed as an indicator of “reform”-> highly political. Currently suspended after whistleblower exposed

September 5, 2020

World Bank’s Doing Business index is widely followed as an indicator of “reform”-> highly political. Currently suspended after whistleblower exposed irregularities for data concerning … Azerbaijan, China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
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In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v.

January 29, 2023

In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v. Russian attack. See Chartbook Newsletter

Chartbook Newsletter #191 on the vertigo induced by placing the Russian war on Ukraine against backdrop of longer history of

January 29, 2023

Chartbook Newsletter #191 on the vertigo induced by placing the Russian war on Ukraine against backdrop of longer history of armored warfare & Soviet Union's

Dribbling in a brigade and then a division's worth of Western tanks into a war fought btw heirs of the

January 29, 2023

Dribbling in a brigade and then a division's worth of Western tanks into a war fought btw heirs of the Soviet tank tradiion. Cartbook Newsletter