The speech given this morning by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to a business group detailing the administration’s plan for export reform is now posted on the Department of Defense website and can be found here. It is an ambitious…
It is not only birds that return in springtime. Calmer weather on the Indian Ocean guarantees a springtime efflorescence of Somali pirate skiffs and attacks on commercial shipping off the coast of Somalia. Pirates have already grabbed a supertanker (with…
Back in March 2009, this blog reported that Iran was skirting sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on Iran’s state shipping line, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (“IRISL”). OFAC had sanctioned all 123 of…
“Hillbilly,” a regular reader and commenter here, brought to my attention news reports last week, like this one, that indicated that the Bladerunner 51, a high-speed boat that holds the speed record for circumnavigating Great Britain, is now in the…
ABOVE: Majid Kakavand This blog has previously reported on the case of Majid Kakavand, both here and, most recently, here. Kakavand, an Iranian citizen, was provisionally arrested in March 2009 by French authorities at the request of the U.S. Government.…