Probably most of the people who read this blog were at the Fall Conference of the Society for International Affairs this Monday and Tuesday. For those few who were not, let me share a few of the more interesting things…
It would appear that Iran’s nascent efforts to cook up a few nuclear bombs hasn’t been a tremendous boon for its tourism industry. So, Iran has announced a plan to pay a bribe, no, make that bounty, well let’s just…
An article in today’s Jerusalem Post reports that the Arab Boycott of Israel, often thought to be on the wane, is alive and well and perhaps on the rise: According to material compiled by the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of…
According to a leaked memo prepared by the Canadian Defence Department, Canada is upset about DDTC’s rules regarding transfer of technical data to Canadian dual nationals. This threatens a planned purchase by the Canadian government of U.S. helicopters, airplanes and…
Yesterday OFAC issued a new set of designations of individuals under the sanctions regime for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In that designation, OFAC amended the designation of Viktor Anatolijevitch Bout to include the DRC Sanctions as the reason…