By Harlan Ullman China now exports money. Russia exports gas and oil. The Netherlands sends millions of flowers abroad every day. And, more than occasionally, America tries to export democracy. The tension over sending democracy abroad has been measured in terms of George Washington’s pragmatism versus Woodrow Wilson’s idealism, the …
Petroleum: Consumption The heatmap below shows which countries in the world are consuming the most petroleum. Hover over a country to see how many thousands of barrels a country uses per day. Looking at this heatmap, we can instantly see how much more oil the United States is using compared …
Spearhead Analysis – 02.06.2014 By Enum Naseer Research Analyst, Spearhead Research Today, Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world with a population of an estimated 190 million and by 2020 it is expected to be home to 210 million. It is argued that with nearly 50% of its population …
Spearhead Analysis – 30.05.2014 By Zoon Ahmad Khan Research Analysts, Spearhead Research – Pakistan Obama’s choice of 2016 raises serious questions about the expected aftermath. For the Obama administration withdrawal from Afghanistan comes with heavy strings attached. Both internal and external factors have played a significant role in derailing and re-defining the …
Spearhead Analysis – 27.05.2014 By Shemrez Nauman Afzal Research Advisor and Consultant (Security and Governance) Spearhead Research – Pakistan Two things are extremely important for the political stability of any country: the devolution of power to the grassroots level, and economic growth through fiscal responsibility and visible socioeconomic prosperity that is …
By Dr. Kamal Monnoo By any normal standards, economic policies since the onset of this government’s tenure have been a dismal failure. Manufacturing has failed to pick up, investment climate remains negative, exports have declined, inflation continues to resurface or surge, the relatively short-term underlying issue of energy cash flows …
Spearhead Analysis – 23.05.2014 By Zoon Ahmad Khan Research Analysts, Spearhead Research – Pakistan What happens once both Afghanistan and India welcome new leaders, new ideologies, and new mindsets with a popular mandate? Between two neighbors who cannot boast a history of cooperation, Pakistan will need to apply a more pragmatic approach. …
Spearhead Analysis – 20.05.2014 The end of the elections in India and the ascent of Narenda Modi as the Prime Minister have set off a frenzy of articles, opinions and debates. One writer has compared this event to the 1940 Lahore Resolution saying that, just as that created two nations on religious basis in the Sub …
Spearhead Analysis – 16.05.2014 By Zoon Ahmad Khan Research Analysts, Spearhead Research – Pakistan The Nawaz government has surprised her audience remarkably with a recent visit to Iran, shaking hands with the theocracy’s Supreme Leader Khameini and recently elected President Rouhani. The high profile delegation that visited Tehran included Chief Minister of …
We lost Ron Moreau in the spring of 1991. He had gone to Iraqi Kurdistan forNewsweek to cover the panicked flight of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes to the high harsh ice of the mountains on the Turkish border, where they hoped to escape the savagery of Saddam …