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August 9, 2011

Israel
Tahrir in Tel Aviv?

Protestors march on a main road in Tel Aviv (Amir Cohen/Courtesy Reuters) In case you haven’t heard, the Middle Eastern uprisings have made their way to Israel.  Over last weekend some pundits (in…

Tahrir in Tel Aviv?

February 26, 2016

Cyber Week in Review: February 26, 2016

Here is a quick round-up of this week’s technology headlines and related stories you may have missed: 1. Apple responds to FBI’s request over access to San Bernardino iPhone. Apple filed a motion to…

Apple Cyber CFR Net Politics

December 9, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: The Iran Debate Heats Up

An Iranian military base is seen near the town of Bid Kaneh in this satellite image taken on September 9, 2011. (GeoEye via Google Earth/ISIS/courtesy Reuters) Above the Fold. The political debate o…

military base is seen near the town of Bid Kaneh, in Iran, in this satellite image taken on September 9, 2011, and released by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) to Reuters on December 2, 2011. ISIS released a commercial satellite image of the military compound where a large explosion occurred on November 12, 2011. Compared to an earlier picture of the site as shown here, an image taken on November 22, 2011 shows that most of the buildings on the compound appear extensively damaged. MANDATORY CREDIT - GEOEYE REUTERS/GeoEye via Google Earth/ISIS/Handout

July 6, 2009

The Dollar: It’s an Overhang, not a Hangover

Few things are more confounding to economists and traders as forecasting currencies. However, as I have come to realize, the approach each group takes is very different. Economists are never wrong, o…

Dollar Index 2004 -2009

January 13, 2012

Politics and Government
Friday File: Is Obama Reinventing Government?

Above the Fold. My BlackBerry buzzed this morning with email alerts informing me that President Obama intends to ask Congress for authority to merge several of the federal government’s trade- and com…

President Barack Obama speaks about government reform at the White House on January 13, 2012. (Kevin Lamarque/courtesy Reuters)